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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T200000
UID:https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/?post_type=event&p=82536
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LOCATION:Room 9.04 Fawcett House Building\, Clement's Inn\, LSE Campus\, London\, WC2A 2AZ and online
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<p><strong>Legal Voices for the Future</strong> presents the December 2025 Knowledge Session on The Legal Landscape for Climate Action\, hosted in partnership with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment<strong> </strong>and led by LVF members <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyuenaz?originalSubdomain=sg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Carol Yuen</a>\, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanvi-ajmera-284853157/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tanvi Ajmera</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/orla-heatley?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Orla Heatley</a><strong>.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Presentation </strong><br>The session will begin with a brief introduction to the legal frameworks for climate protest\, including a summary of recent reforms and developments in case law. Topics of interest include:</p>
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<li>the creation of specific new offences for direct-action methods (such as "locking-on")\,</li>
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<li>so-called "persons unknown" injunctions</li>
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<li>the legal significance of offenders' conscientious motivation\,  </li>
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<li>the right to expression on the streets and in the workplace\, and</li>
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<li>where climate litigation fits into this wider architecture of activism.</li>
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<p><strong>Panel interview</strong><br>We are delighted to be joined by a diverse panel with expertise spanning the full spectrum of these issues: </p>
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<li><a href="https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barrister/owen-greenhall/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Owen Greenhall</a> is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers\,</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-finch-7b2a0110/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sarah Finch </a>is an activist and was claimant in a landmark planning-environmental case in the Supreme Court\,</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/whyte.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">David Whyte </a>is a professor at Queen Mary University\, </li>
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<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-dolphin-7931b22/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Clive Dolphin</a> is an activist and spokesperson for Defend Our Juries.</li>
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<p>The panel discussion will review the range of challenges faced by climate protesters in the UK today\, and attempt to chart a way forward for activists. We will hear about the criminalisation of protest and the various means through which citizens are trying to safely express their concern for a warming planet.</p>
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<p><strong>Creative content </strong><br>Each of our monthly knowledge sessions will include a small group discussion of ‘creative content’. This month\, we will view a short clip from documentary film "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBVHQEJ130U">The Line We Crossed</a>"\, directed by Liz Smith and featuring Clive Dolphin.</p>
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<p><strong>How to join</strong></p>
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<p>Join us in person in Room 9.04 in the Fawcett House Building\, Clement's Inn on the LSE campus (a map of the campus can be found <a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-information/campus-map">here</a>\; the Google maps location is “<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/rVQdZQCxwHFURKzKA?g_st=ipc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LSE Pankhurst House and Fawcett House</a>") or </p>
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<p>You can also join this event online.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/legal-voices-for-the-future/climate-activism-in-the-uk/e-pbbbyb">Please register in advance here to join this event in person or online</a>.</p>
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URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/events/climate-activism-in-the-uk/
SUMMARY:Climate Activism in the UK
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251209T183000
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