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The Climate and Justice Group

The Climate and Justice Group brings together interdisciplinary expertise from across the humanities and natural sciences to develop knowledge and research into how law and regulation are shaping the struggle for climate justice. The Study Group converges on questions of how environmental governance

Projects

  • Environmental activism and legal strategies: building a supportive legal community for environmental campaigners in Manchester
  • AI and socio-legal strategies for sustainable and just futures: investigating the impact of AI on opportunities and challenges in socio-legal research and practice

Past Activities (2024-2025)

  • Online Seminar series 2025:
    • 30 January: Yusra Suedi (Law Department), "The Quest for Reparations in the International Climate Regime: Hopes and Hurdles"
    • 14 February: Heather Alberro (SEED), ‘Terrestrial Ecotopias: Multispecies Flourishing in and Beyond the Capitalocene’
    • 25 February: Erla Thrandardottir (Global Development Institute), 'International environmental NGOs and the struggle for local legitimacy?’
    • 13 March: Xintong Cao (Tyndall Centre), 'Sourcing cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a responsible net-zero transition: Incentives, risks and stakeholders'.
    • 25 March: Judy Hofmeyer (Global Development Institute), 'Corporate grievance mechanisms and claims for Environmental Justice: a case study of platinum mining in South Africa’
    • 29 April: Anahita Yousefi and Sherry Wang, Jupiter Lex and Clean Harvest [cleanharvest.org], ‘Using artificial intelligence models to identify corporate sustainability violations and gather data in support of climate-oriented litigation cases’.
  • Public Events:
    • 24 March: Lecture with Paul Clark, ‘Climate crimes and Human Rights’ 
    • 11 June: Environmental Activism and Legal Strategies workshop

Blogs

Social media

Instagram: @climatejusticeuom

Bluesky account: @climatejusticeuom.bsky.social

Linkedin group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13192050/

 

Contact

Dr Yusra Suedi (co-director), yusra.suedi@manchester.ac.uk

Dr Clare Cummings (co-director), clare.cummings@manchester.ac.uk