Could giving nature rights help fight climate change?
Giving nature legal rights. Can it help in the fight against climate change?
Around the world a growing number of rivers, mountains, nature reserves, even marshes have all been given legal rights. It’s an idea that’s being tested in courtrooms around the world. But to what extent might this help reduce the worst impacts of climate change and help us adapt to a warmer and wetter world?
Presenters Kate Lamble and Neal Razzell are joined by:
Natalia Greene , Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
John DX Lapid, reporter in the Philippines
Liza Osorio, lawyer
Jacinta Ruru, Professor of Law at the University of Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Jan Darpo, Professor of Environmental Law, Uppsala University, Sweden
Producer: Darin Graham
Researcher: Natasha Fernandes
Series producer: Ros Jones
Editor: Emma Rippon
Sound engineer: James Beard
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