Energy Seminar Series: The UK's Climate Change Act 2008 as a Potential 'Test Case' for Progressive National and International Climate and Energy Governance

Speaker: Dr Thomas Muinzer (University of Stirling)

Admission FREE, no booking required.

Authors bio: Thomas is a Lecturer in Environmental Law and Public Law at Stirling Law School, Stirling University.  He is from Northern Ireland, and undertook his qualifying law degree and other legal qualifications at Queen's University Belfast, where he received his Doctorate.  Thomas has been involved in an advisory capacity with a broad range of environmental and other actors, including NGOs, political representatives in the UK's devolved governments, and others.  He is co-founder and co-editor of Freckle, an environmentally-focused magazine that celebrates people and place in Northern Ireland and beyond, and sits on the Law Society of Scotland's Education and Training (Standard Setting) Sub-Committee and Education and Training (Policy) Committee, which regulate solicitors’ training in Scotland. Thomas is currently writing the first monograph on the UK’s pioneering Climate Change Act 2008 for Palgrave Macmillan.