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How new and better science is driving climate litigation

February 10, 2023 by Delta Merner

Delta Merner at the Union of Concerned Scientists makes her predictions for climate litigation in 2023. There will be much more, globally. The stand out observation is that new and better science is driving the evidence, impacting the litigants and the courts. That points at major changes to the litigation landscape. More granular geographical evidence allows local litigants to more accurately make a case for connecting emissions and pollutants … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Environment, Oil, Gas & Coal Tagged With: australia, BP, Chevron, Climate, corporations, emissions, evidence, ExxonMobil, ICJ, law, litigation, Netherlands, pollutants, PuertoRico, science, Shell, US, Vanuatu

Coastal town Grande-Synthe took France to court over missed climate targets. How, why and what happens next

January 7, 2021 by Lucien Chabason

Taking your own government to court is an indispensable tool for sticking to our climate goals, says Lucien Chabason at the IDDRI. In November, the French State Council (Conseil d'État) gave an interim judgment largely favourable to the municipality/commune of Grande-Synthe following the government's implicit refusal to take additional measures to comply with the Paris Climate Agreement. Grande-Synthe sits on the coast by Dunkirk and is at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Policies Tagged With: courts, EU, France, GrandeSynthe, law, Paris2050, SNBC, UNFCCC

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