What everyone gets wrong about the rights of nature - Episode 19 (with Erin O'Donnell) - Law at the End of the World

In this episode, Associate Professor Erin O'Donnell (U Melbourne) joins us as a guest co-host to chat with us about the perils, pitfalls, and promise of researching in the burgeoning field of rights of nature. We discuss the top methodological challenges inherent in doing research about the rights of nature and legal personhood, and provide our thoughts about how to do this sort of work ethically and in a way that contributes to the scholarly field, the community, and nature itself.

As always, we round off with our updates about developments in environmental law including cases, legislation, and policy changes. Highlights include international pressure to implement the ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change, climate litigation in Australia, and fisheries and conservation reforms and government interference with climate litigation in Aotearoa New Zealand.

People, Place and Nature in Indigenous-Settler Relations

Doing research about relational water governance… relationally: Critical methodological reflections about legal research on river personhood

UN experts urge states to support General Assembly resolution operationalising

ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate obligations

Climate Change in the High Court of Australia

Statutory Consultation open: Environmental Offsets Standard

River Thames in London gets first official bathing spot on Friday

3rd Global Citizenship Education Hub

Missed opportunities in the Fisheries Amendment Bill

The quiet but major shift slipped in among the conservation law reforms

New plans to encourage private investment in nature

Climate law changes have 'clearly struck a nerve'