Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

We innovate on how law is developed, practiced and used to address our world's most pressing challenges. Tweets by founder-directors. futurelaw.org Joined October 2013

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

"#COVID19 recovery legislation could be an opportunity for lawmakers to pass a robust green stimulus package that would focus on #EnvironmentalJustice." The National Black Environmental Justice Network has returned: grist.org/justice/theyre… by @rachjuramirez @grist #lawtwitter

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6 years ago

"One of the fundamental values behind #environmental protection has always been #justice ... [it] must also be understood as a fight for human justice — for people who’ve been harassed, murdered, marginalized and abused for far too long." therevelator.org/dont-look-away… @Revelator_News

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

"[T]o white people who care about a habitable planet, I need you to become actively #antiracist... our racial #inequality crisis is intertwined with our #climate crisis. If we don’t work on both, we will succeed at neither..." Thank you, Dr. @ayanaeliza. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

Congratulations to all of the 2020 #EquatorPrize winners!! 🌏🌍🌎 Be #inspired by #Indigenous peoples and local communities who are doing incredible work around the world to protect, conserve and restore their territories and areas: equatorinitiative.org/2020/06/02/mee… #WorldEnvironmentDay

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

Congratulations to the 2020 @WhitleyAwards winners!! Learn more about these inspiring stories of #conservation in action from #Kenya, #Indonesia, #Bhutan, #SouthAfrica, #Nigeria and #Brazil at: whitleyaward.org/2020/04/29/mee… 🌍🌏🌎 📷: @hirola_program

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protectedplanet @protectedplanet

6 years ago

Interested on #OECMs and what they could mean for indigenous peoples and local communities? Then this webinar is for you! @FutureLex @conservedareas

ICCA Consortium @ICCAConsortium

6 years ago

🎥New webinar! What Do #OECMs Mean for Territories of Life?🌟 🌱 Harry Jonas presented ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ and the challenges & opportunities this new framework represents for #Indigenous peoples & local communities ➡️bit.ly/34IcAea

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

Our co-director Harry Jonas recently presented on #OECMs and @conservedareas for an @ICCAConsortium webinar. Check out the recording for more! #post2020 #biodiversity

ICCA Consortium @ICCAConsortium

6 years ago

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António Guterres @antonioguterres

6 years ago

#COVID19 is a public health emergency — that is fast becoming a human rights crisis. People — and their rights — must be front and centre. My new report on how human rights can and must guide #coronavirus response & recovery: bit.ly/2VSTrCa

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António Guterres @antonioguterres

6 years ago

The #COVID19 crisis is an unprecedented wake-up call. We need to turn the recovery into a real opportunity to build a better future. On this #EarthDay, join me in demanding a healthy and resilient future for people & planet.

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EARTHDAY.ORG @EarthDay

6 years ago

WE ARE LIVE 🖥️ #EarthDay is here and we are flooding the world with messages of hope, optimism and, above all — #action. Tune in now! pscp.tv/w/1PlJQmLePVVJE

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Michel Forst @ForstMichel

6 years ago

It's #EarthDay! Time to shine a light on the guardians of our planet: land & environment #HRDs. More than ever, we must stand together with these #HRDs. My op-ed with @lifelanddignity #EarthDay2020 #DefendEarthDefenders bit.ly/2KonSLl

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

Thanks @protectedplanet for sharing the latest article by our co-directors! #OECMs #post2020 @UNBiodiversity

protectedplanet @protectedplanet

6 years ago

Confusion or creative ambiguity? The term ‘conserved areas’ is being used with increasing frequency within international policy circles, often without clear indication of the intended meaning. ow.ly/t3gZ50ziLC6

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

Many of these key moments of progress are landmark #laws - thanks to the foresight and dogged determination of visionary #lawyers and #environmental advocates around the world: on.natgeo.com/2JgQoxX via @NatGeoMag #EarthDay #EarthDay50th @ciel_tweets @ELIORG

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

#COVID19 is putting #leaders to the test. Advice on #leadership in a #crisis, exemplified by @jacindaardern: ✅ Deliver initial message quickly ✅ Credibly explain what happened ✅ Offer guidance ✅ Instil #hope ✅ Show #empathy bbc.com/worklife/artic… @d_a_robson @BBC_Worklife

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

“Public attention can fade quickly. But once legislation is in place, it is there to stay.” Why #conservation NGOs are calling for permanent ban on #wildlifetrafficking & live markets, given risks to animals & human health: news.mongabay.com/2020/03/conser… #COVID19 📷: Priyan Perera

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

Researchers say that human destruction of #biodiversity creates the conditions for new viruses and diseases such as #COVID19. The current #pandemic is just the tip of the iceberg: theguardian.com/environment/20… by @john_vidal @WyssCampaign @UNBiodiversity #coronavirus

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

"If halting #biodiversity loss requires transformative economic change, confronting subsidies is a necessary next step." @ConLetters article by @UBC researchers calls for “subsidy accountability” in @UNBiodiversity #post2020 framework: anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/02/subsid… @AnthropoceneMag

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

"We have a chance to halt #biodiversity loss. The stakes have never been higher." Working Group co-chairs @BasilevanHavre and Francis Ogdal share their views on the zero draft they prepared as @UNBiodiversity negotiations begin today: theguardian.com/environment/20… #biodiversity2020

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

Find your flag at @FAO! We're in caucus prep meetings today for the UN negotiations on the #post2020 global #biodiversity framework in #Rome. The stakes could not be higher, but the zero draft isn't getting good reviews...

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Future Law || Law for a Changing World @FutureLex

6 years ago

"The #Wetsuweten are not a nation divided, they are a nation with differing opinions on the best route to a better #future after history of oppression... the hereditary chiefs ultimately have jurisdiction to the territory." macleans.ca/opinion/the-we… @photobracken #WetsuwetenStrong