A court ruling expands the options for corporate accountability efforts against oil companies in France, and it may have repercussions in the US and elsewhere.
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The law change will gut the capacity of tort law to hold greenhouse gas emitters and the government to account for climate harms.
Approaches vary in terms of who is filing the lawsuit, against whom and whether it is based on protecting human rights or the rights of the environment itself.
Indigenous people’s concerns and considerations could provide a strong basis for climate litigation in South Africa.
Women need legal aid to sue companies and governments over climate change damage to their communities.
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Associate Professor: Environmental Change, Faculty of Law, North-West University
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