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Top 35+ Climate Change Law Influencers to Follow on Twitter

The following are some of the top climate change legal influencers on Twitter. They are some of the best lawyers, legal academics and legal organisations trying to turn the tide on climate change through change in the law across many different jurisdictions.

If you think anyone else is worth following for climate change law updates please do tweet us @climateblawg. [Editor’s note at 10th October – see below this list for even more, based on the very helpful engagement on Twitter)

So, in no particular order (why not follow them all?):-

1. Professor Michael Gerrard

@MichaelGerrard

Professor of environmental & energy law.  Founder & Director of Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia U. Dave & Bill’s dad, Amelia’s & Neri’s grandpa.

New York

https://climate.law.columbia.edu/

2. Sabin Center

@ColumbiaClimate

Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law develops legal techniques to address climate change and trains the next generation of leaders

New York, NY

https://climate.law.columbia.edu/

3. Mike Burger

@ProfBurger

Executive Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School. Bike commuter. Native New Yorker.

New York, NY

https://climate.law.columbia.edu/directory/michael-burger

4. Lynette Purves

@Invernette

UK Director & Legal Counsel at green energy co @ERG_UK. Charity Trustee at @2050ClimateGrp. Inverness-born. Edinburgh-based. Views my own.

Edinburgh, Scotland

http://renewableenergypodcast.podbean.com/mobile/

5. The [Chancery Lane] project

@ChanceryProject

An innovative UK pro bono project.  Our mission is to re-wire contracts and create model laws to enable communities and businesses to fight climate change.

https://chancerylaneproject.org/

6. Canada Climate Law Initiative

@canclimatelaw

CCLI examines the legal basis for boards & fiduciaries to consider climate in decision-making. Mené par @AllardLaw & @OsgoodeNews @comclimatelaw

Canada

https://ccli.ubc.ca/

7. Climate Law Australia

@ClimateLawAus

Climate Law Australia is the independent source of news, analysis and opinion about Australian and international climate law and policy.

Australia

8. Jocelyn Stacey

@jocelynstacey

Law Prof. @UBC  Emergencies. Disaster. Climate Change. Environment. Law. Democracy.

Vancouver, Canada

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2028363

9. James Prest

@Jimprest

Research and writing on renewable energy and climate law and policy at the ANU College of Law and the ANU Energy Change Institute

Canberra, Australia

https://law.anu.edu.au/people/james-prest

10. Dan Bodansky

@bodanskydm

Regents’ Professor, Arizona State University.  International environmental law and climate change law. Opinions my own.

Scottsdale, AZ

11. Benoit Mayer

@bntmayer

Law scholar, tweets on climate law / politics, also tweets on international law @cuhklaw

Hong Kong

http://benoitmayer.com/

12. Jennifer Hijazi

@JenHijaz

Reporter covering climate change & the law for @EENewsUpdates || desert rat and @uarizona  alum

Washington, DC

https://www.eenews.net/staff/Jennifer_Hijazi

13. Samantha A. Medlock

@FloodPolicyWonk

Senior Counsel, House Select Ctte @ClimateCrisis. Fmr Obama advisor @WhiteHouseCEQ44

 & OMB. #Climate science, finance & law. Opinions are mine. She/Her

Washington, DC

14. NY Renews

@NYRenews

Coalition of 200+ organizations and the force behind the nation’s strongest climate law. We fight for good jobs and climate justice.

New York, USA

https://www.nyrenews.org/

15. Sara Hayat

@saratamman

Lawyer|Consultant, trying to focus on climate change law & policy. LLM  @UMichLaw , LLM @DurhamLawSchool , LLB @UoLondon. Cricket fan. Views mine.  @ClimateActionPk

Pakistan

16. Eliza Northrop

@liza__jane

International Environmental Lawyer specializing in climate law and policy, indigenous rights and equity. All tweets are my own.

Washington, D.C.

https://www.wri.org/profile/eliza-northrop

17. Yael Lifshitz

@Yael_Lifshitz

Lecturer @KCL_Law ; teaching and writing on Property law and theory, Energy law, natural resources. KCL Climate Law and Governance Centre; Fellow @NYUGuarini

London, UK

18. Sophie Marjanac

@SMarjanacCE

Climate Accountability Lead at ClientEarth. Climate change law and litigation, environmental law and human rights. #climatejustice for ??‍? & ?

London, England

clientearth.org

19. Margaretha Wewerinke

@mwewerinke

Assist Prof @GrotiusCentre & Adj Senior Lecturer @UniSouthPacific | Attorney @blueoceanlaw | Climate Law & Litigation | Human Rights | http://climatejustice.fund

The Hague, The Netherlands

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/

20. Joana Setzer

@JoanaSetzer

Assistant Professor @LSE_GRI  | British Academy Fellow | Climate Law & Litigation | Climate Policy & Governance | Environmental lawyer | Brazilian/Londoner

London, England

21. Marco Simons

@Power_of_Law

General Counsel at @EarthRightsIntl . Tweeting about intl human rights & environmental law, corporate accountability & climate change. Views are my own.

Washington DC

https://earthrights.org/

22. Patricia G. Ferreira

@Pat_Galvao

Assistant Professor in Transnational Law & Director of Transnational Env Law & Policy Clinic @WindsorLaw.  Climate Law, International ENV law, Canadian ENV law.

Windsor, Ontario

https://www.uwindsor.ca/

23. Maria L. Banda

@maria_l_banda

Climate Law & Policy | International Law | IR | Green Economy.  @UTLaw RTs ≠ endorsements Toronto, Ontario

https://www.law.utoronto.ca/

24. Sinéad Mercier

@sineadmercier

Militant optimist. Gaeilgeoir. Consultant on climate change law and policy, special interest in #JustTransition and human rights. All own views.

https://askeatonarts.com/publications/

25. Joseph A. MacDougald

@joemacdougald

@UConnLaw – Professor in Residence, Executive Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Law. Studies Climate Law, Land Use, and Energy Law.

Hartford CT

26. Steph Hodgins-May

@stephhodginsmay

International Climate Law | Climate Justice | Organic Farming | Politics | Campaigns & Advocacy

St Kilda

27. Caio Borges 包凯越

@caiosborges

Lawyer @ iCS. PhD Int. Econ. Law (USP/Fudan) & Master in Law (FGV). Climate Change Law & Policy | Development Finance | Business & HR | Personal views.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

28. Harro van Asselt

@harrovanasselt

Professor @UEFLawSchool @uefcceel丨Associate @SEIClimate丨Visiting Researcher @UUCopernicus丨Editor @RECIELjournal丨Climate change law and policy geek

Utrecht, The Netherlands

[Editor’s note at 10th October 2020: Harro then shared this brilliant expansion for the list]

29. Dianne Saxe Ph.D. in Law

@envirolaw1

Top environment & climate lawyer. Environmental Commissioner 2015-19. http://SaxeFacts.com. Green Economy Heroes podcast. Wikipedia.

Toronto

https://saxefacts.com/

30. Tom Arup

@aruptom

Work @IGCC_update + @AIGCC_update. Climate, finance + international law. Dees, Chooks + Melbourne City. Lover. Views mine

Sydney, Melbourne and beyond

31. Professor Felicity Gerry QC

@felicitygerry

Taking on Contemporary International Legal Challenges #Terrorism #warcrimes #Trafficking #Slavery #Complicity #Climatelaw @deakinlaw @greenslist @carmeliteuk

Melbourne and London

https://www.felicitygerry.com/

32. Lawyers for Climate Justice Australia

@Law4ClimateAus

Aus lawyers and law students seeking action on climate. We acknowledge Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander laws and practices protected Country for millennia.

Australia

33. James Cameron

@Jamesogradycam

Advocate, trusted adviser and entrepreneur. Seeking solutions to climate change; bridging law, finance and technology; shaping ideas into action.

London

https://www.james-cameron.co.uk/

34. UNC Center for Climate, Energy, Enviro. & Econ.

@UNCCE3

The Center for Climate, Energy, Environment and Economics at @unc_law

Chapel Hill, NC

https://law.unc.edu

35. Kassie Siegel

@KassieSiegel

Director, Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute; Climate Director, Center Action Fund. @CenterForBioDiv @CBD_Climate @CBD_Action_Fund

36. Christina Voigt

@ChristinaVoigt2

“Dr. Christina Voigt is a renowned expert in international environmental law and professor at the University of Oslo. She is passionate about legal issues of climate change, environmental multilateralism, and sustainability. Professor Voigt has published widely on these topics and is a frequent speaker at international and national events. She also works as legal adviser for the Government of Norway, as well as for several International and Non-Governmental Organisations.

Professor Voigt is the chair of the Climate Change Specialist Group of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and a member of the IUCN Climate Change Task Force. She currently is the official candidate for the position of chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, for election at the postponed IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2021.”

Oslo

37. Nilufer Oral

@niluferoral

“Director, Centre for Intl Law- NUS. Member of UN International Law Commission. Retweets are not endorsements.”

Singapore

38. KPS Thakur

@kpst95

Law Officer @ Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India

Himachal Pradesh, India

39. Sanjay Upadhyay

@sanjayeldf1

Supreme Court Advocate and Managing Partner Enviro Legal Defence Firm, India’s first environmental law firm

Noida, Indi

40. Shilpa Chohan

@shilpachohan

Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Founding Partner, Indian Environment Law Organization (IELO)#environment law firm #environmental lawyer#nature catcher

New Delhi, India

41. Climate Action Network South Asia

@CANSouthAsia

CANSA is a coalition of over 238 civil societies organisations working in 08 South Asian countries to action to limit human-induced climate change.
South Asia

42. Greenpeace East Asia

@GreenpeaceEAsia
Greenpeace is in East Asia to fight pollution, stop climate change and save forests.

Beijing

43. Nicholas Rosellini

@n_rosellini

Former #UN, mostly recently in #China. #sustainabledevelopment #globaldev #climatechange #Asia #Pacific

London, UK

44. Joseph Teo

@JosephTeoSG

Chief Negotiator for Climate Change Singapore. All tweets are personal views.

Singapore

Further Climate Change Legal Professionals to Follow on Twitter

This is, of course, just a small selection of the great many people out there specialising in climate change law and environmental law, who are all helping turn the tide on climate change.

See point 28 above, where Harro van Asselt tweets a very helpful expanded list of people he recommends you follow and connect with.

Many thanks also to Kristin Casper, Greenpeace International’s Senior Legal Counsel for Strategic Litigation, who shared these further recommendations of who she considers to be her climate law heroes:-

And thanks very much also to Dr Seán Doolan for pointing out his expanded list here:-

And others here:-

(Translation: List with 35 profiles of legal experts on climate change. And look how great: there are 2 Brazilians on the list! @JoanaSetzer, incredible researcher at @GRI_LSE, and @caiosborges, lawyer and super articulator on the subject of climate disputes by @climaesociedade.)

Climate Change Legal Influencers on Twitter Beyond the Western World

Director of the Centre for Intl Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Member of UN International Law Commission, Nilufer Oral rightly asked what influence there is on Twitter outside of the Western World – another reason the original list of 35 above needed to be expanded:-

With that in mind, the list above (points 37 onwards) is a start to this – if any can provide further suggestions to provide a truly global representation of legal sector climate influencers that would be much appreciated (bearing in mind also that this list is only (and hopefully) going to keep growing significantly soon.

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