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‘We have a responsibility’: the older women suing Switzerland to demand climate action, theguardian.com (Dec 27, 2023)
Ireland could give nature constitutional rights, BBC News (Dec 16, 2023)
California children sue EPA over ‘intentional’ role in climate crisis, theguardian.com (Dec 11, 2023)
Belgian court orders 55% emissions cut from 1990 levels, theguardian.com (Dec 01, 2023)
November 2023[edit | edit source]
A Peruvian farmer is trying to hold energy giant RWE responsible for climate change – the inside story of his groundbreaking court case, theconversation.com (Nov 27, 2023)
EU criminalises environmental damage ‘comparable to ecocide’, theguardian.com (Nov 17, 2023)
October 2023[edit | edit source]
Stop locking young people out of legal process in climate cases, say experts, theguardian.com (Oct 26, 2023)
September 2023[edit | edit source]
Climate Litigation Is Increasing as Government Action Falters, desmog.com (Sep 28, 2023)
California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2023)
Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean, theguardian.com (Sep 10, 2023)
Our environmental laws are failing us in the face of the climate crisis, Tim Flannery, theguardian.com (Sep 09, 2023)
August 2023[edit | edit source]
Youth wins climate case against U.S. state of Montana in first-of-its-kind legal ruling, news.mongabay.com (Aug 14, 2023) — by Liz Kimbrough
Many global corporations will soon have to police up and down their supply chains as EU human rights ‘due diligence’ law nears enactment, theconversation.com (Aug 03, 2023)
Jun 2023[edit | edit source]
Landmark court win upholds protection for Gliders and Victoria’s forests, eastgippsland.net.au (Jun 27, 2023)
Court decision in youth climate lawsuit against Ontario government ignites hope, The Conversation (Jun 20, 2023)
‘My life and my home’: young people start to testify at historic US climate trial, The Guardian (Jun 13, 2023) — The plaintiffs note that Montana’s constitution pledges a healthy environment ‘for present and future generations’
‘Game changing’: spate of US lawsuits calls big oil to account for climate crisis, The Guardian (Jun 07, 2023)
Apr 2023[edit | edit source]
‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance, The Guardian (Apr 25, 2023)
Mar 2023[edit | edit source]
Ecuador court upholds ‘rights of nature,’ blocks Intag Valley copper mine, news.mongabay.com (Mar 31, 2023) — by Liz Kimbrough
Tiny island nation takes climate change to The Hague, axios.com (Mar 24, 2023)
Jan 2023[edit | edit source]
The Maasai community that took on the Tanzanian government – and won, Positive News (Jan 11, 2023)
Why 2023 will be a watershed year for climate litigation, The Guardian (Jan 04, 2023)
See also[edit | edit source]
- Public interest law news (latest), 2023, 2021-2022, 2018-2020, 2012-2017
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