Tag: environment
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BHP’s Liability in the Mariana Dam Disaster: Court Decision Explained
By Riley Forson – Legal Voices for the Future Stewardship Committee In November 2025, the English High Court handed down the first stage judgment in the Mariana dispute[1]. The first stage hearing dealt with the question of liability of the UK domiciled parent company alleged to be liable for the worst environmental catastrophe in Brazilian…
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September 2025 Newsletter
Dear LVF Members Welcome to LVF’s September newsletter – we hope you’ve had a lovely summer and didn’t miss us too much over the August break! This edition of Legal Voices for the Future’s the newsletter includes: See you next month, LVF Education September knowledge session What do you know about environmental NGOs? Recent research…
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July 2025 Newsletter
Dear LVF Members Welcome to Legal Voices for the Future’s July newsletter! This edition includes: We are taking a break for the rest of the summer, so we wanted to say thank you for your support over the first half of 2025. We will be back in September for a new schedule of sessions and events;…
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June 2025 Newsletter
Dear LVF Members Welcome to Legal Voices for the Future’s June newsletter! This edition includes: A friend of LVF said “If not now, then when? If not me, then who?”. While we at LVF know that the climate and biodiversity crises can feel overwhelming at times, we are reminded of this quote and our collective community…
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LVF Member Q&A: Youth Engagement at the Climate Change COP
Now that we’re in the run-up COP30 in Brazil in November, we interviewed our member Mathilda Lorkin about her experience at COP29 in Baku last year – have a read of her key takeaways below! 1. Please could you tell us about yourself and your role on the ground at COP29? Sure – my name…
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Legal Voices for the Future at Wakelyns Agroforestry
Reflections from Harriet Hall, co-chair of the LVF Stewardship Committee On 10-11 May 2025, a group of 30 LVF members travelled to Wakelyns Agroforestry in Suffolk, for our first LVF field trip, generously hosted by David Wolfe KC and Amanda Illing. Wakelyns is a pioneering 22.5 hectare farm that combines agroforestry, food, community, research and environmental…
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May 2025 Newsletter
Dear Members Welcome to LVF’s May newsletter! This edition of Legal Voices for the Future’s newsletter includes: As we focus on sharing knowledge and increasing our education on the topics of climate and biodiversity in this newsletter, we were reminded of G.K Chesteron’s quote: “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes…
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Reflections on soil
By Carol Yuen, LVF Stewardship Committee Member and LLM in Environmental Law and Policy candidate at UCL, 2024/25 SOIL: The World at Our Feet, held at Somerset House, was an exhibition to unearth soil’s vital role in our planet’s future. LVF members visited together on 30 March 2025. The exhibition was an excellent combination of…
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April 2025 Newsletter
Dear LVF Members Welcome to Legal Voices for the Future’s April newsletter! This edition includes: As Margaret J. Wheatley said, “there is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about” and given what is currently happening around the globe, we are particularly feeling the importance of our community. We believe that working…
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March 2025 Newsletter
This edition of Legal Voices for the Future’s newsletter includes: March webinar with E.ON on the Energy Transition Last week we launched our webinar series on the energy transition, led by Maxine, Victoria and Norbert from the legal team at E.ON. We discussed the legal, financial and practical difficulties of moving away from traditional fossil fuels to a more sustainable energy focused future. We also considered the…
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