Exploring how legal tools shape climate action in practice, from the Energy and Climate Change Law Institute and qLegal at Queen Mary University of London.
In this concluding episode of Season 1 of Making Climate Law Work, host James Dallas is joined by Nigel Pleming KC of 39 Essex Chambers to reflect on the key themes emerging from the series. From the global impact of the Paris Agreement and the International Court of Justice's landmark advisory opinion, to the growing power and limits of climate litigation, the conversation takes stock of where climate law stands today and where it must go next. They explore the adequacy of the loss and damag...
2 Jun 2026
Climate change and corporations: the new way of doing business
"Shareholders and consumers can influence corporations to move in clean energy and sustainable directions, and that is the key driver for the transition." Climate law is no longer just a regulatory concern; it's a boardroom reality. Hosts Nikola Duper and Alisa Ainonen are joined by Iyesogie Igiehon ESG Managing Associate at Linklaters London, and Jessica Hargreaves, Senior Associate in Energy & Infrastructure at Linklaters, to examine how the energy transition is reshaping corporat...
19 May 2026
Loss and damage: who is paying the global climate bill?
"Litigation is an exercise of narration. Lawyers working in the climate space should not shy away from the science, because understanding it is key to building your argumentation." For decades, Loss and Damage was a diplomatic taboo, too close to the language of legal liability for UN negotiators to touch. Now, as climate impacts become irreversible, the courtroom is catching up. Hosts Manuela Motta Zini and Julieta Herrera are joined by Jameela Joy Reyes, specialist at the Grantham Res...
5 May 2026
Law and governments: the power of climate litigation
"This debate about the proper role of courts in relation to climate action will continue - both inside and outside the courtrooms." Courts are increasingly being asked to do what governments won't. Hosts Alisa Ainonen and Nikola Duper sit down with King's Counsel Sudhanshu Swaroop of Twenty Essex to trace the growing power of climate litigation - from the landmark Urgenda ruling to the European Court of Human Rights' decision in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen. What do these cases mean for stat...
21 Apr 2026
International law and state obligations: who enforces them?
"The energy transition is a force that's unstoppable." States have made sweeping promises on climate. But what happens when they don't keep them? In this episode, student hosts Julieta Herrera and Manuela Motta Zini sit down with climate barrister Harj Narulla to interrogate the gap between ambition and accountability. From NDCs to net-zero targets, they unpack what states are actually committing to and whether any of it is legally enforceable, or simply a system built on reputation.&nb...
21 Apr 2026
Setting the scene: making climate law work
What role can the law really play in averting a climate crisis? In this opening episode, James Dallas, Executive Director of the Energy and Climate Change Law Institute at Queen Mary University of London, sits down with Professor Silke Goldberg, Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and Honorary Professor at QMUL, for a wide-ranging conversation that sets the scene for the series ahead. From the legacy of the Urgenda case in the Netherlands to the slow machinery of international climate d...
15 Apr 2026
Introducing Making Climate Law Work
Making Climate Law Work is a podcast from the Energy and Climate Law Institute and qLegal at Queen Mary University of London, exploring how legal tools shape climate action in practice. Each fortnight, we speak with the lawyers, academics, and experts working to turn climate ambition into real‑world action: from carbon markets and corporate accountability to environmental litigation and the deals shaping our net‑zero future. Season 1 release schedule Episode 1: 21 April&nbs...
15 Apr 2026
Sirens
The composition ‘Sirens’ reflects on the powerful forces of nature in this Anthropocene era. Concluding with a key change and notes of optimism and stability, this brief melody is intended to evoke feelings of; beauty and danger; warning simple humans of the repercussions of their fantastical short term temptations, and to realistically redress and rebalance their longer term role on this living planet. Isis, a young teen at the time of composing this tune, attends an acad...
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