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The Single-Use Plastic Ban: Why recycling is not the solution

England is banning single-use plastics in October 2023. Steve Hynd from City to Sea talks to us about the ban, its importance, its effect on small businesses, and why recycling isn't the solution.

Steve is the Policy and Media Manager at the not-for-profit, City to Sea who campaigns to stop plastic pollution at source. Steve has been leading their work to see a ban on some of the most polluting single-use plastics banned. Before City to Sea, Steve has worked at local, national and European levels of politics and has worked in Brussels, Kampala and the Middle East.

A Lawyer’s Transition from O&G to Sustainability

Rodrigo Manrique is a qualified lawyer in Peru and led the legal and environmental team of an oil and gas company for almost 10 years. Amongst many other notable achievements in his CV, Rodrigo specialises in conflict resolution, stakeholder management, government relations and external affairs. He recently completed his LLM in Environmental Law and Policy at University College London. Currently, he is working with The Chancery Lane Project, a non-governmental organisation working to support low-income countries in climate negotiation by reviewing the climate change clause for the Peruvian chapter. In this episode, he talks about his journey, the Andes culture, making O&G more sustainable, and everyone's role while we transition into a more circular economy. 

Climate Change Loss and Damage: What’s the fuss?

In this episode, we talk about loss and damage with Dr Elisa Calliari, a Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Vienna and Associate Senior Research Fellow at the department of Political Science at University College London (UCL). Her research focuses on the politics and governance of climate change, loss and damage at different scales, from climate change negotiations to national policy-making processes. She is also interested in studying how planned relocation can be employed as an anticipatory and strategic form of climate change adaptation in Europe. She is currently a member of the Italian delegation at the UNFCCC, providing technical support on loss and damage to the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security.

Realities of Environmental Law Practice & The Rights of Nature

In this episode, we discuss with Paul Powlesland, barrister, activist and founder of Lawyers for Nature, the role of lawyers in the fight and advocacy for the rights of nature.

The Right to Protest: The Delicate Balance of its Proper Exercise.

In this episode, the 2022 Podcast Team Amanda, Chuku, and Florencia discuss their thoughts and views upon the development of the right of protest. We voiced our opinions on the Insulate Britain M25 controversy, the Government/Police/Crime/Sentencing Courts Bill, and its impact. We also discussed whether the new wave of protesting aligns with the old methods and ideologies of protesting and whether we agree with it.

Regulating Air Quality

In this episode, we talk to Eloise Scotford (Professor of Environmental Law at University College London) and Andrea Lee (Campaigns and Policy Manager for Clean Air at ClientEarth) about the nature and effects of air pollution, air quality law and governance in the UK, and the challenges of regulating air quality and enforcing air quality standards.

This episode was recorded in March 2021.

Can Climate Assemblies Change the Conversation?

Interest in the participation of ordinary citizens in environmental decision-making is increasing. Extinction Rebellion is calling for a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice; and last year Climate Assembly UK, the first UK-wide citizens’ assembly on climate change, was held to examine how the UK should meet its target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. 

Dominic Ward is a Senior Project Officer at Involve, the UK’s leading public participation charity. Involve worked on designing and running Climate Assembly UK. In this episode, PIEL’s Issy Campion and Alex Kidd talk to Dominic about what citizens’ assemblies are and what they can achieve. 

Environmental Racism and Its Links to Climate Justice

Join PlanetPod's Amanda Carpenter and PIEL co-host Aphra Bennett as they speak to Judy Ling Wong - Director of the Black Environment Network - and climate activitist Daze Aghaji about environmental racism and its links to climate justice.

 

Risks and Duties: Understanding investor action on climate change

Planet Pod’s Amanda Carpenter and PIEL co-host Rob Clarke speak to ClientEarth lawyer April Williamson and experienced fund manager and investor influence expert Tracey Campbell about the pressures on corporations over climate change, the duties on company directors and fund managers to take action, and ways for lawyers to drive improved disclosure and behaviour in the investment industry.

Public Interest Environmental Law: Get Involved and Make a Difference

Join Planet Pod’s Amanda Carpenter and PIEL co-host Rob Clarke to explore what Public Interest Environmental Law means, how lawyers can contribute to public interest issues through their practices and working lives and what motivates people to get involved.  We talk to guests Paul Powlesland, barrister at Ely Place Chambers and passionate advocate of wild law, and Rosa Winter, Senior Lawyer at Friends of the Earth.