Study: Climate change increasingly raised as a human rights issue in court cases

Michael Holder
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Global review of climate litigation highlights increasing instances of activists and governments using courts to force climate action from businesses and governments

Climate change is increasingly being harnessed as a human rights issue in legal claims and court cases around the world, as the mass popularity of disruptive climate activism over the past year - such...

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