Politics & Society

How can courts respond to the health impacts of climate change? On the occasion of a conference at Harvard Law School on 29 October 2026, sponsored by the Walter de Gruyter Foundation, we spoke with one of its conveners, Alicia Ely Yamin, about the right to health, climate change, and the role of judicial enforcement.

When society tell us we can ‘have it all’, a huge part of the division of labor is made invisible – the quiet and persistent overload that structures many women’s lives in the domestic sphere.