Seminars

#2522 Climate Law and Litigation

- the power of the law in climate action

Speaker Jessica Palairet

Date Saturday 20th September 10am – 1pm

Venue Waikanae Presbyterian Church Hall, 43 Ngaio Road, Waikanae

Jessica has been Executive Director at Lawyers for Climate Action since late 2023. She has a Master of Law degree from New York University specialising in international climate litigation. Before working at Lawyers for Climate Action NZ, Jessica worked at the High Court as a judges’ clerk, at Shortland Chambers as a junior barrister, and as an International Human Rights Law Fellow at the United Nations in New York.

Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc. is an incorporated society registered charity established in 2019 whose members are lawyers, legal academics and law students committed to using their legal skills to help drive the change needed to address climate change. Jessica will discuss the ways in which Lawyers for Climate Action has used legal processes to ensure that New Zealand meets its obligations under the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions and that it does so in a way that is evidence-based, effective and consistent with the rule of law, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, international law and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.