Climate Change and Courts

Robert Carnwath Notting Hill, Kt, CVO former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
	Lord Carnwath was a member of the UK Supreme Court from 2012 to 2020. He began his legal career as a practising barrister from 1968 (Queen’s Counsel from 1985), acting for a period as Attorney General to HRH the Prince of Wales. From 1994 to 2012 he served as a judge of the High Court and later the Court of Appeal, as Chairman of the Law Commission for England and Wales, and as Senior President of Tribunals. Throughout his professional career he has taken a special interest in environmental law, and has given many leading judgments on environmental issues. He was a founder-member of the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment (“EUFJE”), and of the Global Judges’ Institute on the Environment (“GJIE”). He is currently an Associate Member of Landmark Chambers, and a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.

Robert Carnwath
Notting Hill, Kt, CVO
former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Lord Carnwath was a member of the UK Supreme Court from 2012 to 2020. He began his legal career as a practising barrister from 1968 (Queen’s Counsel from 1985), acting for a period as Attorney General to HRH the Prince of Wales. From 1994 to 2012 he served as a judge of the High Court and later the Court of Appeal, as Chairman of the Law Commission for England and Wales, and as Senior President of Tribunals. Throughout his professional career he has taken a special interest in environmental law, and has given many leading judgments on environmental issues. He was a founder-member of the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment (“EUFJE”), and of the Global Judges’ Institute on the Environment (“GJIE”). He is currently an Associate Member of Landmark Chambers, and a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.