Joy Reyes

Joy is a Policy Officer in Climate Attribution in the project, ‘Bridging the evidentiary gap: climate attribution in the courtroom’. She looks at how (or whether) climate science is used and appreciated in climate litigation, by judges, parties, and litigators.

Background

Joy has degrees in Psychology and Political Science from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Philippines, and a MSc in Global Environment, Politics and Society from the University of Edinburgh.

Joy has experience in the fields of both law and climate science, being affiliated with the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (Friends of the Earth Philippines) and the Klima Center of the Manila Observatory. She is a member of the Loss and Damage Collaboration and teaches environmental and natural resources law in the Philippines.

Research interests

• Climate litigation and the role of science.
• Loss and Damage and the UNFCCC processes.
• Human rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, and climate change.