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Press Release: Sit-in at fossil fuel enabling law firms

by lar_techActions, Events, Press November 29, 2024November 29, 2024No Comments

PRESS RELEASE [EMBARGO: NONE] [FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] PHOTOS: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2upuu2dtbj4byddr8oi4x/ACsakk3HUIQ-0ACeY-LAYgw?rlkey=xooc6qsux1o2goz1n4i80ffcv&st=jdpi8fso&dl=0 LEADING DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS HOLD A HISTORICAL SIT-IN AT FIVE FOSSIL FUEL ENABLING ‘MAGIC CIRCLE’ LAW FIRMS In a global first, lawyers come face to face with doctors and scientists questioning the role of lawyers in the climate crisis as legal advisors to and representatives of …

Letters to magic circle law firms on 29 November 2024

by lar_techActions, Press November 29, 2024November 28, 2024No Comments

On 29 November 2024, the following letters were delivered to the following law firms, enclosing counsel’s opinion on conscientious objection at work, which can be found on our website.

Press Release: Climate Crisis Exhibition

by lar_techPress November 13, 2024November 13, 2024No Comments

Photos Press Release [FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] CLIMATE CRISIS EXHIBITION HELD OUTSIDE FOSSIL FUEL ENABLING LAW FIRMS A&O SHEARMAN AND AKIN Today, Wednesday 13th November 2024, Lawyers are Responsible in collaboration with Fossil Free London brought the reality of climate and ecological catastrophe closer to home for A&O Shearman and Akin. Some 35 people held arresting …

Carbon capture and storage

by lar_techEvidence October 5, 2024October 10, 2024Comments are Disabled

Source: The overshoot myth, the Conversation

Dr Diana Warner – GMC Fitness to Practice Tribunal

by lar_techEvidence August 15, 2024October 10, 2024Comments are Disabled

On 15 August a Medical Practitioners Tribunal hearing, convened by the General Medical Council, suspended retired GP Dr Diana Warner’s license to practice for three months following a finding of professional misconduct. The tribunal’s decision comes after Dr Warner breached an injunction order from the High Court preventing her from protesting on the M25 motorway, …

State repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience: Position Paper

by lar_techEvidence April 14, 2024October 10, 2024Comments are Disabled

State repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience: a major threat to human rights and democracy. Position Paper by Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, February 2024.

Statement from UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst

by lar_techEvidence April 13, 2024October 10, 2024Comments are Disabled

A video statement delivered by Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, at Lawyers Are Responsible’s Climate of Injustice conference in London on 12 April 2024. Mr Forst states: “In January 2024, I was in London for a couple of days to meet with environmental defenders and Government representatives. I had …

Ecopsychepedia

by lar_techUncategorized March 28, 2024October 10, 2024Comments are Disabled

The psychological roots and mental health impacts of the climate crisis appear in every aspect of our lives. They affect us personally and collectively influence the national mood, shaping our culture in a way that drives our economy, our politics, the quality of life in our communities. They are increasingly affecting how we treat each …

Breaching 1.5˚C

by lar_techEvidence May 10, 2023October 10, 2024Comments are Disabled

Breaching 1.5˚C New fossil fuel projects will breach 1.5˚C In 2021 the International Energy Agency concluded that there could be no new oil or gas fields or coal mines if the world was to reach net zero by 2050. The UN Secretary General stated in April 2022 that “investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and …

The UK’s Carbon Circle

by lar_techEvidence May 10, 2023October 10, 2024Comments are Disabled

PRESS RELEASEMay 10, 2023 NEW REPORT REVEALS EXTENT OF UK LAW FIRMS’ INVOLVEMENT WITH FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES US-based law student climate organisation releases report outlining the impacts of the UK legal industry on climate change A first of its kind report by Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) exposes the London’s legal industry ties with …

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