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The Climate Crisis Is a Class Struggle
In this video, we explore the relationship between climate change, economic inequality, and the concentration of wealth. From the huge gap in emissions between the Global North and the Global South, to the outsized responsibility of the richest 1%, we look at how billionaires, fossil fuel corporations, and unequal economic systems are driving the climate emergency.
Small Town Ecology
This video shows how recyclable materials are collected, sorted, and prepared for processing in a small town in the Odesa region. The waste is compressed into compact pallets using special equipment, making transportation and recycling more efficient. Recycling helps reduce waste, protect natural resources, and keep the environment clean. By supporting recycling, every resident contributes to a healthier environment and a better future for the next generations.
Consumer rights in the transition to climate neutrality: the German experience
This video features two students from Mariupol State University exploring greenwashing and eco-labeling in German supermarkets. They explain how to distinguish official environmental certifications from misleading marketing claims by analyzing real product examples. The video highlights the importance of checking official eco-labels and control codes before making a purchase. It encourages consumers to make informed choices and support genuinely sustainable products.
Beyond Fossil Fuels: the Santa Marta Conference
The Santa Marta Conference has indeed opened up a new space for international cooperation to develop effective policies to combat the climate crisis: a North-South collaboration on roadmaps, financial instruments, and policies capable of overcoming dependence on oil, coal, and gas. What emerged from the Conference? What challenges remain? What tools can accelerate a truly just ecological transformation capable of addressing the climate crisis, inequalities, and the extractive model together?
Sustainability actions in Germany
In Germany, a range of environmental initiatives involving citizens and institutions are being implemented every day. In this video, we will explore some of these practices, from waste management to recycling machinery. We will also see how mobility, public transport and renewable energy contribute to a more sustainable way of life.
What is climate litigation: definition and introductory overview
Climate litigation is one of the most effective tools that has emerged in response to the inertia of climate policies. It uses the law as leverage to hold states and large corporations accountable when promises and targets remain on paper.
What is climate justice: origins, scope, and implications
Climate justice is not just about the environment, but about the relationship between the climate crisis, inequality, and rights. It stems from the struggle for environmental justice and questions who is responsible for the crisis, who suffers the worst effects, and who makes the decisions.
Climate finance: Who really pays for the climate crisis? – CJLL videpills
While states proclaim ambitious goals, the most vulnerable countries continue to bear the highest costs of the crisis—losses, damage, instability, human rights violations.
Giudizio Universale: the first Climate Litigations in Italy – CJLL videopill
From the first Italian climate litigation to continuous postponements, to the new litigations against ENI: the history we are going through shows how difficult it is to obtain climate justice in a country that continues to ignore its international obligations.
✊ OLGA ÁLVAREZ – “Empowering citizens to participate in climate action and litigation”
As part of the International Conference on Climate Litigation and Environmental Justice (June 5-7, 2025, Campus Catalunya, Tarragona), Olga Álvarez explains how to empower citizens to actively participate in climate action and environmental litigation.
📢 JAIME DORESTE – “Climate activism and the rights of public information and public participation”
As part of the International Conference on Climate Litigation and Environmental Justice (June 5-7, 2025, Campus Catalunya, Tarragona), Jaime Doreste analyzes how climate activism leverages the rights to information and public participation to drive real change in environmental policies.
🔎 SOLEDAD GALLEGO – “What tactics do corporations and lobbies use when litigating against NGOs?”
As part of the International Congress “Climate Litigation and Environmental Justice” (June 5-7, 2025, Campus Catalunya, Tarragona), Soledad Gallego explores the strategies corporations and lobbying groups use when confronting NGOs in environmental litigation, revealing how private interests challenge climate action.
📢 PAU DE VILCHEZ – “Tackling denialism through communication”
As part of the International Congress “Climate Litigation and Environmental Justice” (June 5-7, 2025, Campus Catalunya, Tarragona), Pau de Vilchez explores how effective communication strategies can help combat climate denialism and promote awareness and action.
🌱 PAU DE VILCHEZ – “Climate change as a paradigm between human rights and the environment”
As part of the International Congress “Climate Litigation and Environmental Justice” (June 5-7, 2025, Campus Catalunya, Tarragona), Pau de Vilchez examines how climate change intersects with human rights and environmental protection, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for climate action.
The rights of future generations and the role of the legal professions
Interview with Professor De Armenteras and State Prosecutor Spampinato. The rights of future generations are one of the issues of greatest concern in climate litigation, with an increase in the number of cases.
Human Rights and climate change: challenges for international laws and the role of climate litigation
Interview with Attorney Luca Saltalamacchia (Rete Legalità per il Clima) and Professor Beatriz Felipe (CiCra Justicial Ambiental – URV Tarragona).
The role of law in the protection of human right related to the environment
Interview with Prof. Shashikala Gurpur of Symbiosis Law School in Pune, India, conducted during the Summer School “Democracy and Climate Justice”.
Summer School ‘Democracy and Climate Justice’
An overview of the themes, objectives and key figures of the CJLL Summer School. From July 1 to 6, 2024, the Summer School was organized by University of Palermo, bringing together over 30 speakers and nearly 100 students.
