Amanda Byer

Thanks to @owenmcintyre.bsky.social and @ucc.ie Law for hosting another superb conference on Law and the Environment this year. We were delighted with the opportunity to present a project panel + discuss @property-injustice.bsky.social research with the other delegates. Go raibh maith agaibh go leir

02.05.2025 09:43 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

“At 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to. That means no more mortgages or new real estate devt, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function and capitalism ceases to be viable.”

04.04.2025 07:01 — 👍 1182    🔁 514    💬 39    📌 64

Raveena Tamoria and I gave an introduction to landscape law to landscape planners, landscape architects and landscape geographers. Landscape reclaiming its legal identity is so important for climate justice, cultural rights and environmental protection.
Learn more here: landscaperesearch.org

25.03.2025 14:28 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

My book Placing Property has officially reached 10k downloads!
This book explains how property is rooted in spatial injustice.
Thank you to everyone who downloaded and shared my work!
Hopefully this empowers people to think about how to reimagine land law.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

24.03.2025 13:04 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Legal Transfer and Legal Geography in the British Empire

My chapter 'Reserving Space: Land, Nature, and Empire in the Development of Commonwealth Caribbean Environmental Law' is out now in the latest volume of the Max Planck Legal History Series! Open Access here: www.lhlt.mpg.de/publications...

12.03.2025 20:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sperrins Gold Mine Inquiry Suspended: Transboundary Solidarity for Environmental Justice in Ireland - Rundale A public inquiry into a major mining project in Northern Ireland was suspended shortly after starting due to breaches in laws protecting public participation. Local communities have resisted the proje...

It's crucial that all of us on this island work together to prevent extractivist, ecologically harmful and neocolonial mining applications in the North:
www.rundale.org/2025/03/06/s...

07.03.2025 15:09 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to @sonyacotton.bsky.social for passing her PhD Viva with no corrections at @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social. Special thanks to the examiners Prof. Lucas Lixinski @heritagelaw.bsky.social and Prof. Cathryn Costello @profccostello.bsky.social and to the Chair, Prof. Ian O'Donnell

10.03.2025 18:04 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 3

Blog Post: Gender Shaping Climate Change – Courts, Data, and Harm Christie Nicoson There is a notable gender imbalance in climate decision-making, with only around 20% of countries sending women to the United Nations climate negotiations,[1] and court decisions h…

What are the gendered effects of climate change? And what type of knowledge is privileged when discussing its harms? Excellent blog post by Christie Nicoson
elajucd.com/2025/03/01/b...

03.03.2025 15:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

My monograph, Placing Property, published under the Property [In]Justice Project, is open access and available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
@property-injustice.bsky.social

03.03.2025 16:27 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

The EU needs more equal, fair trade partnerships, based on solidarity and cooperation. Not deals that rest on exploitation, extractivism & resource grabs.

120+ groups from Europe & Indonesia alert on the 🇮🇩-🇪🇺 #CEPA's threats to climate, workers & human rights 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...

18.02.2025 09:03 — 👍 18    🔁 13    💬 2    📌 0

Spread the word! There is now a climate & heritage feed. Tag with #climateheritage for all things related to climate change impacts on tangible & intangible cultural heritage & what to do about it. 🏺🧪🗃️🌎
bsky.app/profile/did:...

30.11.2024 14:13 — 👍 160    🔁 49    💬 7    📌 0