Using the law to ensure a better future.
We’re legal experts working to ensure effective action in New Zealand against climate change.
The scientific evidence shows that climate change will cause global catastrophe unless we cut emissions now and achieve zero net carbon emissions by 2050.
The law is one of the most powerful tools for responding to the climate crisis. We use the law to hold the government and big polluting companies to account, to increase ambition, and ultimately create systemic change.
Our members are barristers, solicitors, and legal academics from all over New Zealand with specialist expertise in many different areas of the law.
We believe that New Zealand can and should do more in the global fight against climate change. We want to make sure that New Zealand meets its obligations under the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions and that it does so in a way that is evidence-based, effective, and consistent with the rule of law, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, international law, and with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.
Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc. is a New Zealand registered charity and is not for profit.
