Lucy Maxwell is the Co-Director of the Climate Litigation Network, a project of the Urgenda Foundation that won a landmark climate case against the Dutch Government. The Climate Litigation Network works with local and global partners to support ground-breaking cases that compel national governments to ramp up their mitigation ambition. Maxwell is an Australian-qualified lawyer, with a decade of experience working on human rights, climate change and strategic litigation in national and regional fora.
Recordings
Law and Oil: Taking Climate Offenders to Court
July 7, 2023
The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the climate crisis. Some lawsuits challenge governments for...