Matrix Podcasts

Matrix Chambers
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Matrix currently has two podcast series, the episodes of each series will be shared on this account.

  1. Jul 15

    From wellbeing to special regard: the Welsh approach to climate justice and nature recovery

    In this episode, Kate Cook discusses the distinctive and in many ways groundbreaking approach to climate justice adopted in Wales/Cymru. Her guest is the leading campaigner Ruth Chambers OBE, senior fellow of Green Alliance and honorary professor of practice at UCL's Centre for law and the environment as well as adviser to other organisations including River Action UK and the RSPB. Ruth is widely recognised for her work on helping to shape the post-brexit legal landscape for the environment. Kate and Ruth discuss the implications of recent Welsh legislation in this area, as well as the 2015 Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act. Against ongoing concerns relating to legacies from Wales's industrial past and the increasing impacts of climate change, how is Wales addressing climate justice and nature recovery in the broader context set by the 2015 Act?

    From wellbeing to special regard: the Welsh approach to climate justice and nature recovery

  2. Apr 28

    A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast - All at Sea? Navigating challenges to the protection of the marine environment from climate change

    In this episode, Kate Cook is joined by two guest experts both directly involved in securing greater protection of the marine environment from the impacts of climate change, Gareth Cunningham, the Director for Conservation Policy at the Marine Conservation Society and Dr. Sian Prior, Director of Shipping Policy for the Brussels-based organisation Seas at Risk. Together they discuss ocean acidification, sometimes labelled the ‘evil twin’ of climate change, as well as the, so far unsuccessful, attempts to secure a net zero framework for shipping emissions at the IMO and finally the scope for adopting blue carbon measures to support marine resilience.

    A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast - All at Sea? Navigating challenges to the protection of the marine environment from climate change

  3. Mar 18

    ESG: Global - The new Office of Responsible Business Conduct

    Jamas Hodivala KC discusses with Sam McCahon, Joint Head of Disputes Team at ORBC, the UK National Contact Point's re-branding, historic concerns about its independence, its new links with UK Export Finance, and its increasingly significant role in handling complaints about compliance with the OECD Guidelines."

    ESG: Global - The new Office of Responsible Business Conduct

  4. Mar 4

    ESG: Global – From SLBs to AML: Innovative Challenges to Misleading Sustainability Claims

    In the latest episode of ESG: Global, Florence Iveson speaks with Alexander Wijeratna of Mighty Earth. Together, they discuss the organisation’s groundbreaking legal strategies aimed at confronting the environmental and human rights impacts of industrial agriculture. They discuss whistleblower complaints over JBS’s sustainability linked bonds, legal challenges to its stock exchange listing, and new efforts to hold major financial institutions accountable for funding deforestation, methane emissions and other climate harms linked to global meat supply chains.

    ESG: Global – From SLBs to AML: Innovative Challenges to Misleading Sustainability Claims

  5. Feb 18

    ESG: Global - Mining for Net Zero Minerals and its Social and Environmental Impact

    Samantha Knights KC talks to Mutuso Dhliwayo, Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation and Octavio Ferraz, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Transnational Law Institute at King’s College London about the social, economic and environmental impacts of lithium mining in Zimbabwe and bauxite mining in the Amazon as paradigm examples of the consequences of mining for rare minerals on the natural world and communities that live in the areas surrounding the mines.

    ESG: Global - Mining for Net Zero Minerals and its Social and Environmental Impact

  6. Feb 4

    ESG: Global – Corruption Risks in the Net Zero Transition

    In the latest episode of the ESG Global podcast, Jim Robottom speaks with James Bolton Jones from Spotlight on Corruption about the corruption risks emerging in the global transition to net zero. They explore the role of UK anti corruption law, critical mineral supply chains, climate finance transparency, and Spotlight’s forthcoming manifesto on ensuring integrity in the climate transition.

    ESG: Global – Corruption Risks in the Net Zero Transition

  7. 12/19/2025

    ESG: Global - Forced Labour Due Diligence

    As pressure builds on companies to conduct increased forced labour due diligence on their supply chains, Jamas Hodivala KC explores some of the practical issues that can arise with Kate Larsen, Director at SupplyESChange.

    ESG: Global - Forced Labour Due Diligence

  8. 12/16/2025

    A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast - Essential, fundamental and deliverable: The Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

    In this episode of A Common Concern, we discuss the meaning, scope and application of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. This right has been recognised by the UN General Assembly and endorsed by the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Kate Cook is joined by environmental and human rights expert and former Head of Legal at Friends of the Earth, Gita Parihar, and by Sean O'Connell, the Global Focal Point on Environmental Justice at the UN Development Programme. Gita and Sean are currently engaged in developing a tool to assist national human rights institutions in ensuring that this right can be operated effectively. Ten years on from the adoption of the Paris Agreement, does this right provide a way to address the growing triple planetary crisis?

    A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast - Essential, fundamental and deliverable: The Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
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Matrix currently has two podcast series, the episodes of each series will be shared on this account.

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  • Creator
    Matrix Chambers
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    67
  • Rating
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