Jenny Cooper
Lawyers launch legal action against Climate Change Commission
A group of lawyers are launching legal action against the Climate Change Commission for not taking urgent enough action.
The group says none of the commission's recommendations to Ministers will help… Audio
Climate activists unhappy with government response
Climate activists are calling the government's climate change response woefully out of step with the scale of what's needed.
A pre-budget announcement yesterday has the Government kicking in extra… Audio
Climate group ready to go to court over Auckland Council plan
Lawyers demanding action on climate change claim Auckland Council's draft transport plan is unlawful because it contradicts the council's own plan to reduce climate emissions.
The regional land… Audio
Legal obligation to consider green Covid-stimulus spending
There's a warning the government has a legal obligation to factor climate change into any post-Covid recovery projects. Lawyers for Climate Action NZ has written to the Prime Minister and the Budget… Audio
Environmental lawyers hope to sway legislation
A group of lawyers are striving to win over the climate change sceptics who dismiss the young climate change activists pushing for radical action.
A new organisation, Lawyers for Climate Action will… Audio
Women lawyers under-represented in NZ's top courts - Cooper
Despite women making up half of New Zealand's lawyers, new research shows that they are woefully under-represented in those who get to argue cases before the country's top courts. The report, on… Audio
Broken China
A scheme called Crack'd for Christchurch wants to make a beautiful memorial out of the fine china broken in the earthquake. Jenny Cooper is one of a group of people who plan to create an inner-city… Audio
