The cover of the June 2007 edition of the Ecologist magazine featured an article by our CEO, James Thornton, outlining the case for using legal means to find solutions to environmental challenges. The people at the Ecologist report it went down a storm with the young folks who read it at that year's Glastonbury Festival.
In its July edition, the Ecologist magazine has identified ClientEarth as one of 101 organisations and individuals that have provided their team with information and inspiration while it has been in print. The magazine is using the feature to mark its move to exclusively online publication.
Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, ClientEarth CEO James Thornton argues for a positive response to climate change. He suggests that environmental changes require a fundamental shift in the way we exist in the world, of a scale comparable to that experienced in the Renaissance.
James Thornton expands upon his world-view and the stance taken by ClientEarth when addressing environmental concerns through legal pressure with Sydney Morning Herald.
As Brian Eno's Luminous festival got underway in Sydney he explained that he hoped the event might help to change the way people think and create. One of the main intentions of the festival was to encourage debate about ways of addressing global warming, bringing together disparate cultures and governments to forge common solutions. Brian told ABC News about ClientEarth's efforts to make governments observe good environmental laws.
The forthcoming Government framework for the development of clean coal power will only realise its full potential if it is based on a strategic environmental assessment, ClientEarth believes. Writing for ENDS Europe, lawyer Karla Hill explains how a framework founded on an SEA could see power station CO2 emissions cut by 90%.
ClientEarth joins Brian Eno in Sydney Opera House for environmental forum
26 May 2009 | View full story ClientEarth's CEO, James Thornton, and staff lawyer Anaïs Berthier joined Brain Eno on the stage of the Sydney Opera House to discuss the big ideas that should underpin the future of the environmental movement. The event formed part of the Luminous festival curated by Eno which featured a wide array of performances, art installations and discussions. Reuters reported on Eno's environmental focus and his hopes for increased collaboration between high-profile musicians and environmental groups.
EU Commission faces revolt over 'carbon leakage' plans
Brian Eno has been chatting about Luminous, the festival he's curating at the Sydney Opera House, and the ClientEarth event is right at the heart of his vision.
A Commission decision to consider giving certain industrial sectors free emissions allowances as part of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is based on erroneous figures. Marta Ballesteros, one of ClientEarth's senior policy advisers, explained to Environmental Finance Online News how the Commission's underlying assumptions are "completely wrong".
