‘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
- Public interest law resources
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