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Advocating for the Planet - how law can Help the Environment

Advocating for the Planet - how law can Help the Environment

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Summary

Monica Feria-Tinta is a lawyer based in England and Wales but with an international outlook . She has a passion for, and a world-leading expertise in, representing climate, nature, water and indigenous peoples in high-profile legal cases.

In this episode she discusses:

  • how she was the first lawyer to bring climate claims to court successfully.
  • her famous work with indigenous people around the world.
  • why she believes, eventually, rivers will have statutory protection in the UK.
  • why the law needs to move from its previously anthropocentric focus, towards an environmentally inclusive approach.

Monica Feria-Tinta's new book 'A Barrister for the Earth' is out now. Click here to find out more.

Credits

Presented & Produced by Niki Roach

Executive Producer Andy Taylor - Bwlb Limited

With thanks to Alastair Chisholm

Honorary Executive Producer Jane Boland

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