Jenny Cooper: the lawyer who's taking the climate fight into the courtroom
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As climate-change denialism starts to fade into history, activists are picking new battlegrounds, including the courts. Jenny Cooper QC, president of Lawyers for Climate Action, explains why it's time for the suits to get their hands dirty - and why her organisation is also calling for a profound change to New Zealand's legal system. The One Hot Minute podcast is a companion series to Stuff's One Hot Minute video series, in which guests get just 60 seconds to deliver their big idea about climate change. Then in this podcast we dig deeper into that idea. To watch the videos, see www.stuff.co.nz/onehotminute. The series is part of Stuff's Forever Project.
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