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

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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

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But the event was overshadowed by the major polluters who didn’t attend. Litigation has a key role to play in light of this lack of ambition from states and other stakeholders,” said Maria Antonia Tigre, director of global climate litigation at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University.

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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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