Climate Activism in the UK
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, WC2A 2AZ
Tuesday 9th December 2025
Legal Voices for the Future presents our December 2025 Knowledge Session on Climate Activism in the UK, hosted in partnership with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment and led by LVF members Carol Yuen, Tanvi Ajmera and Orla Heatley.
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 here; the Google maps location is “LSE Pankhurst House and Fawcett House") or online (online joining link provided soon) on Tuesday, 9 December 2025 at 18:30 (GMT).
Presentation
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:
Panel interview
We are delighted to be joined by a diverse panel with expertise spanning the full spectrum of these issues:
Creative content
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 "The Line We Crossed", directed by Liz Smith and featuring Clive Dolphin.
👇Join us online👇
To be as inclusive as possible, we run our events in a hybrid format. If you are not in London for this knowledge session, please do join us online using the joining details below.
https://lse.zoom.us/j/89116323236
Meeting ID: 891 1632 3236
About the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading multidisciplinary centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise from across LSE and beyond, including on economics, finance, geography, the environment, science, law, international relations, development and political science.
About Legal Voices for the Future
Legal Voices for the Future is a collaborative knowledge-sharing forum established by young practitioners from different fields of law, whose objective is to give voice to a new generation of lawyers. We do so by holding monthly knowledge sessions open to everyone - lawyers and non-lawyers alike.
In order to bring fresh perspective, innovation and determination to pressing global issues such as climate change, each session is organised and led by a different member of Legal Voices for the Future.
Learn more about us on our website
https://legalvoicesforthefuture.co.uk
...and our Law Society page
https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/climate-change/legal-voices-for-the-future
Follow us on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/legal-voices-for-the-future/?viewAsMember=true
Would you like to support our work?
We accept small donations via our fundraising page that we use to rent venues and provide catering for our events: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/legalvoices
Funds go towards our current operational costs, including subscriptions and website maintenance costs. Any donation is greatly appreciated!
Event page photo credit: Needpix.com
Your Data
By signing up for a ticket to this event, you consent to us collecting and processing your personal data for the purposes in our Privacy Notice (accessible at https://legalvoicesforthefuture.co.uk/privacy-policy/).
Attendees' names will be shared with the LSE Grantham Research Institute for the purposes of admission to the event.
LVF may be taking photographs of this event for use on our website, social media accounts, and/or promotional materials. If you have any objection to being photographed please let us know before the event begins.
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 here; the Google maps location is “LSE Pankhurst House and Fawcett House") or online (online joining link provided soon) on Tuesday, 9 December 2025 at 18:30 (GMT).
Presentation
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:
- the creation of specific new offences for direct-action methods (such as "locking-on")
- so-called "persons unknown" injunctions
- the legal significance of offenders' conscientious motivation
- the right to expression on the streets and in the workplace
- where climate litigation fits into this wider architecture of activism
Panel interview
We are delighted to be joined by a diverse panel with expertise spanning the full spectrum of these issues:
- Owen Greenhall is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers
- Sarah Finch is an activist and was claimant in a landmark planning-environmental case in the Supreme Court
- David Whyte is a professor at Queen Mary University
- Clive Dolphin is an activist and spokesperson for Defend Our Juries
Creative content
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 "The Line We Crossed", directed by Liz Smith and featuring Clive Dolphin.
👇Join us online👇
To be as inclusive as possible, we run our events in a hybrid format. If you are not in London for this knowledge session, please do join us online using the joining details below.
https://lse.zoom.us/j/89116323236
Meeting ID: 891 1632 3236
About the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading multidisciplinary centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise from across LSE and beyond, including on economics, finance, geography, the environment, science, law, international relations, development and political science.
About Legal Voices for the Future
Legal Voices for the Future is a collaborative knowledge-sharing forum established by young practitioners from different fields of law, whose objective is to give voice to a new generation of lawyers. We do so by holding monthly knowledge sessions open to everyone - lawyers and non-lawyers alike.
In order to bring fresh perspective, innovation and determination to pressing global issues such as climate change, each session is organised and led by a different member of Legal Voices for the Future.
Learn more about us on our website
https://legalvoicesforthefuture.co.uk
...and our Law Society page
https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/topics/climate-change/legal-voices-for-the-future
Follow us on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/legal-voices-for-the-future/?viewAsMember=true
Would you like to support our work?
We accept small donations via our fundraising page that we use to rent venues and provide catering for our events: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/legalvoices
Funds go towards our current operational costs, including subscriptions and website maintenance costs. Any donation is greatly appreciated!
Event page photo credit: Needpix.com
Your Data
By signing up for a ticket to this event, you consent to us collecting and processing your personal data for the purposes in our Privacy Notice (accessible at https://legalvoicesforthefuture.co.uk/privacy-policy/).
Attendees' names will be shared with the LSE Grantham Research Institute for the purposes of admission to the event.
LVF may be taking photographs of this event for use on our website, social media accounts, and/or promotional materials. If you have any objection to being photographed please let us know before the event begins.
