In September 2020 the Lafarge group dumped tons of concrete into the Seine. Anne Hidalgo then made a surprising announcement. She wants to give the river legal personality status, so that it can be protected in the same way as a human being. In Ecuador, the lawyer Echeverria defends sharks. In Romania, an army of lawyers have trees as their clients… It is a revolution in the world of the planet’s defenders and one of its best hopes. Lawyers, judges, prosecutor… it’s the law at the planet’s bedside. Our planet is burning and the NGOs seem overwhelmed by the number of catastrophic situations to be managed… As soon as one fire goes out, another one is lit on the other side of the world. While Greenpeace had obtained a moratorium on deforestation in the Amazon, Bolsonaro’s coming to power was enough to undo the long and patient work of the NGO.