Does a sustainable First World exist?

Sustainable citizens face a quandary. We can’t ‘buy’ ourselves into sustainability. Replacing plastic with bamboo, diesel with electric, it all sounds fabulous, but the carbon footprint calculator results are blunt and we’d still need multiple Earths to suit our eco-lifestyles.

The forgotten child of environmental justice

What has the international legal and political community been doing about tackling unsustainable consumption patterns?

Ipshita Chaturvedi

Founding Partner, C&C Advisors

Ipshita Chaturvedi likes to question assumptions in legal theories that are hindrances towards a sustainable, egalitarian future. She is the Founding Partner of C&C Advisors – India’s first law firm servicing both public and private sectors onenvironment, energy and natural resources law, policy and strategy.

Sustainable citizens face a quandary. We can’t ‘buy’ ourselves into sustainability. Replacing plastic with bamboo, diesel with electric, it all sounds fabulous, but the carbon footprint calculator results are blunt and we’d still need multiple Earths to suit our eco-lifestyles.

What has the international legal and political community been doing about tackling unsustainable consumption patterns?

Founding Partner, C&C Advisors

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