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Legal Action Against High Emitters Failing to Use Latest Climate Science, Study Finds

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

Attempts to sue polluting companies and governments over their responsibility for climate change would have a greater chance of success if they made better use of the latest science, according to a study by Oxford University researchers. The study reviewed 73 climate litigation cases against polluters across 14 jurisdictions.

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Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In 2015, the Hague District Court in the Netherlands issued a landmark ruling — subsequently upheld on appeal — in a climate lawsuit brought by Urgenda and Dutch citizens against the national government. It was the first in the world to establish that their government has a legal duty to protect its citizens from dangerous climate change.

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Government Fossil fuels Climate change Ocean acidification

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Legal Action Against High Emitters Failing to Use Latest Climate Science, Study Finds

Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters

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