About the Author

Dr. Freya Doughty-Wagner serves as the Chief Operating Officer for ABILA, the North American Director for the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment, and an International Climate Justice Consultant.

Her research focuses on the intersection of international human rights law and international environmental law, and how this convergence may benefit children in an era of anthropogenic climate change. Doughty-Wagner’s research has been featured by the European Society for International Law, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and the Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogues. Currently, she is finishing up her first edited collection on climate justice with Prof. Sumudu Atapattu and Enéas Xavier.

Freya has experience with the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, the United Nations International Law Commission, the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, Mishcon de Reya LLP, and Law Business Research. She gained her JSD from Washington University in St Louis, an LL.M in Public International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an LLB (Hons) from the University of the West of England, Bristol. She also holds the Public International Law Certificate from the The Hague Academy of International Law.