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- Young Alaskans sue state over fossil fuel project they claim violates their rights, theguardian.com (May 23, 2024)
- States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court, theguardian.com (May 21, 2024)
- Climate change is a human rights issue, theconversation.com (May 20, 2024)
- South African communities vs Shell: high court victories show that cultural beliefs and practices count in climate cases, theconversation.com (May 18, 2024)
- German government must amend climate plan, court rules, dw.com (May 16, 2024)
- Activists sue Russia over ‘weak’ climate policy, theguardian.com (May 16, 2024)
April 2024[edit | edit source]
- Top Human Rights Court Urged to Tackle Corporate Climate Crimes, desmog.com (Apr 30, 2024)
- Human rights violated by Swiss inaction on climate, ECHR rules in landmark case, theguardian.com (Apr 09, 2024)
- Policy experts hail Supreme Court ruling on climate change but stress that India's transition to clean energy to fight climate change must not lead to environmental injustices., energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com (Apr 09, 2024)
March 2024[edit | edit source]
- International Court Issues First-Ever Decision Enforcing the Right to a Healthy Environment, insideclimatenews.org (Mar 29, 2024)
- Calls for international criminal court to end ‘impunity’ for environmental crimes, theguardian.com (Mar 26, 2024)
- The Māori climate activist breaking legal barriers to bring corporate giants to court, theguardian.com (Mar 06, 2024)
February 2024[edit | edit source]
- When governments fund fossil fuels, it’s time to take them to court, climatechangenews.com (Feb 28, 2024)
- European nations must end repression of peaceful climate protest, says UN expert, theguardian.com (Feb 28, 2024)
- One of NZ’s most contentious climate cases is moving forward. And the world is watching, theconversation.com (Feb 12, 2024)
January 2024[edit | edit source]
- Norway has made a vital climate leap. This is how Britain can do the same, Tessa Khan, theguardian.com (Jan 31, 2024)
- Judge Sends Landmark Youth Climate Case to Trial, theenergymix.com (Jan 01, 2024)
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