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🆕 2024 report of the The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change on health & climate change: records broken, action delayed. Experts call for trillions of dollars spent on fossil fuels to be redirected towards protecting people’s health, lives & livelihoods. hubs.li/Q02Wgmfs0 #LancetClimate24

From Watergate to Jan. 6th, lawyers have played key roles in efforts to undermine democracy. In my latest, I reflect on why law schools are producing lawyers willing to thwart democracy, at times using their law licenses to do so. 🚨Now available SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Pretty clear that chair Anna Bradley and CEO Paul Philip are not going to apologise for the Axiom Ince matter. Bradley says in many ways it is 'history' for the SRA. #colpcofa2024

It fills my heart to see this being done. Janine was the most wonderful human, colleague, educator, researcher, justice warrior, and so, so, so much more. Not nothing that Bristol Law School is honouring her memory and legacy in this way.

New, highly requested, guidance from us Wellcome on how to discuss Research Environment in your application, and the kinds of things you might want to tell us about! wellcome.org/what-we-do/our…

Breaking: the Dutch Court of Appeal has overturned the landmark 2021 judgment requiring Shell to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030, citing insufficient grounds for a legally enforceable reduction target on Shell. A setback for climate litigation. 🧵 shorturl.at/oC6e3

🚨 Those from upper-middle-class backgrounds, and the privately-educated, are significantly overrepresented in the creative professions in the UK. Our new research uncovers stark inequalities in access to careers in the creative industries, including television, film, and music

every academic you meet is fighting their own battle. Make it worse by asking them how the writing is going

The number of UKRI-funded PhDs has been in steady decline over recent years, data from UKRI provided to ResearchProfessionalNews shows The reason? Rising PhD stipends post-Covid + inflation Sophie Hogan has the story in the latest Research Fortnight researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…

Dire forecast from England's higher education regulator this morning that 72 per cent of universities will be in deficit next academic year, as both domestic and international students numbers drop Story by Chris Parr researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-uni…

Today, Carbon Brief has published the latest, and most comprehensive, update to our interactive map of extreme weather attribution. The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies. interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-st… THREAD 1/10

Is it time to reintroduce student number controls in England? The removal of recruitment caps in 2015 was hailed by ministers as a boon to institutions’ and students’ ambitions. But the tuition fee’s declining value and the Russell Group’s ever-growing market share now threaten

This is such amazing news. And so richly deserved. Shows the profound impact that legal academics and legal research can have on society. The difference we can, sometimes, make.

Claire McCann & Hana Abas, instructed by Bindmans for LawyersAreResponsible, are advising on legal protections for those in the legal sector fighting the climate crisis. In 2023, 180+ lawyers signed LAR's Declaration of Conscience to reduce the sector's fossil fuel ties.

🚨BREAKING LEADING DOCTORS & SCIENTISTS HOLD A HISTORICAL SIT-IN AT FIVE FOSSIL FUEL ENABLING ‘MAGIC CIRCLE’ LAW FIRMS IN THE CITY OF LONDON Here's a thread about what's happening and why🧵

A lost essay by HLA Hart has been discovered in a Yale University archive of Ronald Dworkin’s papers … and is now published in the American Journal of Jurisprudence. Almost unbelievable.

We need to end this: “The IMF found the production and burning of coal, oil and gas was subsidised by $5.9tn in 2020, with not a single country pricing all its fuels sufficiently to reflect their full supply and environmental costs.” theguardian.com/environment/20…

If this isn't the nail in the coffin than I really don't know what is. Systematic review finds carbon offsets don't work. nature.com/articles/s4146…