Robyn leads Just Share’s climate work, which focuses on catalysing action in the South African corporate and financial sector which contributes to the achievement of the Paris Goals, and which supports a just transition to a low-carbon, sustainable and inclusive economy. Robyn qualified as an attorney in 2005, and has a variety of experience, including in environmental, climate, and energy law, and in litigation. She has a particular interest in climate transition plans, shareholder rights, carbon tax, air pollution, and penalties.
Before joining Just Share in September 2020, Robyn headed the Pollution & Climate Change programme at non-profit activist law clinic, the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), where she worked for nine years. Robyn’s team was responsible for the first climate change litigation in Africa, and for launching the landmark “Deadly Air” constitutional litigation. She also ran the litigation for South Africa’s leading case on access to environmental information.
Robyn worked at commercial law firm Bowmans for seven years, during which time she specialised in employment and public law. She holds a BA LLB from Stellenbosch University, and an LLM in Environmental Law from the University of Cape Town.