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Global Day of Action

Student Law Clinics Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

The Global Day of Action for Climate Justice (GDA) is a worldwide initiative, led by the Baroness Hale Legal Clinic, that works to connect legal clinics together to raise awareness of the climate emergency. 

For one day every year – this year 18 November – we are asking law clinics across the world to commit to doing one thing to tackle the climate emergency - whether that’s holding a conference, conducting research, volunteering for a charity, or running a social media campaign to help inform themselves and their community on a specific area of the climate crisis. Over the six years the GDA has operated, we have had hundreds of Law Clinics take part – from Delhi to California to Melbourne – and we are hoping for many more. We at York then promote and celebrate the work of clinics internationally across our networks.

In our first year five years we have covered issues as diverse as Air Pollution and the Right to a Healthy environment. This year our theme will be Water. Keep an eye out for events and opportunities to participate in and help frame our Clinic’s response to this call to action.

In the meantime, you can find out more at our website - www.globaldayofaction.com.

The Pledge

When we invite clinics to our campaign, we ask them to sign our Climate Justice Pledge. This is a purely symbolic act, but it is a great way to show commitment by a clinic to including the climate as an essential aspect of their work and their curriculum.

We firmly believe that climate change is a social justice crisis, which is why as lawyers and future leaders, it is essential that we consider it a part of every aspect of our work.

If you are interested in reading and signing the Climate Justice Pledge, view our form.

Also keep up to date through our Pledge social media: @ClimateJusticePledge

Any questions about how you can get involved please email law-gda@york.ac.uk and do follow us on facebook @studentlawclinicsforclimatejustice to stay up to date with our activities.