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Latin America's human rights court is holding a crucial hearing in Brazil, amid a global surge in climate litigation. These rulings could set significant precedents and influence future lawsuits from citizens, businesses, and governments. Enforcement remains largely untested, but the outcomes could reshape how countries address climate change.
Court rules in favour of campaigners, who argued plan relied too much on risky technologies and did not adequately consider risks of missing targets
A fast-emerging field of climate research is helping scientists pinpoint just how many dollars from a natural disaster can be tied to the historic emissions of individual oil companies.
A fast-emerging field of climate research is helping scientists pinpoint just how many dollars from a natural disaster can be tied to the historic emissions of individual oil companies — analysis that is the centerpiece of new state efforts to make fossil fuel companies pay billions for floods, wildfires and heat waves. When a flood […] The post Lawmakers hope to use this emerging climate science to charge oil companies for disasters appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.
It is a commendable declaration, but how courts deal with subsequent cases will be the real test.