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Email

lew63@cam.ac.uk

Education CV

Léa Weimann is a PhD researcher in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, specialising in international environmental and climate change law. Her research focuses on emerging ecocentric legal frameworks, including rights of nature and ecocide law. At Cambridge, she is the Executive Director of the Cambridge Pro Bono Project, coordinating and contributing to high impact legal initiatives. Internationally, she also co-leads the Youth for Ecocide Law branch of Stop Ecocide International. As a UN delegate, Léa has represented youth voices and legal solutions for change at major climate conferences including Stockholm+50, COP27, COP28 and the UNFCCC SB58 conference.

She also brings over five years of experience in climate change communication, including hosting and producing radio shows and podcasts. Her passion for environmental advocacy extends to her creative work, having published Dear Earth, a poetry collection that combines art and advocacy. She is also a published researcher on sustainable governance in healthcare and has co-authored a book and several articles on the subject.

In her spare time, Léa publishes Legal Wednesdays on LinkedIn, a weekly newsletter providing insights into international environmental and climate law developments. She invites readers to join the conversation and collaborate on legal solutions to the global climate crisis. Léa's research and advocacy is driven by a deep commitment to using the law to address the climate and biodiversity crises and ensure a habitable planet for all.

Fields of research

International Environment and Climate Change Law; Rights of Nature; Ecocide Law; Ecocentric Laws

 

Supervisors

Dr Markus Gehring

Representative Publications

June 2024:

Report on how climate change can have an impact on the realization of the equal enjoyment of the right to education by every girl together with the University of Cambridge Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Engagement as response to a OHCHR call for input

Jan 2024:

Traffic and Air Pollution: How Can Public Participating and Speed Limit Legislation benefit Health Outcomes in Germany? published by the Medical Research Archives

Jan 2023: 

Ways to Mitigate Climate Change by Implementing Zero Emission Hospitals – A Case Report published by the Medical Research Archives

Dec 2022:

Climate Activism, COP26 & COP27: How can we save our future? German article published in the 2022 yearbook “Verein zum Schutz der Bergwelt” e.V.

Sep 2022:

On the road to net zero health care systems: Governance for sustainable health care in the United Kingdom & Germany published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Dec 2021:

High Performance in Hospital Management book co-authored and published by Springer Nature

Feb 2021:

A Line in the sand for climate change article published in Scottish Geographical Journal by Routledge Taylor & Francis

June 2020:

Beyond the Growth Compass: Aligning the German Economy to the Doughnut Model to Ensure a Sustainable, Healthy, and Liveable Future for All – The German Diplomat

Start Date

Oct 2023

Publications

 

Books

High Performance im Krankenhausmanagement (with Edda Weimann; Peter Weimann), 2021) 2nd Edition

Co-Author/s:
Edda Weimann; Peter Weimann
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
978-3-662-63431-8
Published Dec 2021

Articles

"Traffic and Air Pollution: How can public participation and speed limit legislation benefit health outcomes in Germany?"

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i12.4829
Published: Dec 2023

"Ways to Mitigate Climate Change by Implementing Zero Emission Hospitals – A Case Report" WEIMANN, Edda; MARTS, Léa Elisa Weimann. Ways to Mitigate Climate Change by Implementing Zero Emission Hospitals – A Case Report. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 11, n. 1, jan. 2023. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/v

Co-Author/s:
Edda Weimann, MD, MPH
Citation:
WEIMANN, Edda; MARTS, Léa Elisa Weimann. Ways to Mitigate Climate Change by Implementing Zero Emission Hospitals – A Case Report. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 11, n. 1, jan. 2023. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/v
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i1.3464
Published: Jan 2023

"On the Road to Net Zero Health Care Systems: Governance for Sustainable Health Care in the United Kingdom and Germany" Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12167

Co-Author/s:
Edda Weimann
Citation:
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(19), 12167
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912167
Published: Sep 2022

"A line in the sand for climate change" Scottish Geographical Journal, 136:1-4, 36-40

Co-Author/s:
Hanna Lundström
Citation:
Scottish Geographical Journal, 136:1-4, 36-40
DOI:
DOI: 10.1080/14702541.2020.1863605
Published: Feb 2021