In Chile, environmental groups argue that rivers and other natural things should have legal rights. Photo credit: Wikimedia By Jeffrey Williamson Climate change litigation is a relatively new front in fighting the accelerating effects of global warming—having jumped to the forefront over the…
Environmental groups say France has not lived up to its climate promises. Photo credit: Wikimedia By Dana Drugmand Amid increasingly urgent warnings that the world is nowhere close to meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, several nonprofit organizations…
Exxon's history of how it communicated what it knows about climate change is getting a critical look in Europe as well. Photo credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images By Marco Poggio Members of the European Parliament will seek to question ExxonMobil for the first time for allegedly hiding the dangers of climate change…
A group of older women in Switzerland is pushing the government to take stronger action to combat climate change because it harms their health. Photo credit: KlimaSeniorinnen By Lisa Sturdee A Swiss court has ruled that senior women are not more likely than other citizens to suffer the harmful effects of climate…
Anti-coal protests, like this one in Berlin, highlight Poland's dependence on the climate-polluting fuel as it prepares to host the latest UN climate talks. Photo credit: Michele Tantussi/Getty Images By Isabella Kaminski Greenpeace has threatened to sue Poland’s biggest energy company if it does not take concrete action to reduce its climate impacts. Greenpeace…
Young people in Canada are launching a suit against the Canadian government for failure to reduce emissions, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support of the Paris Climate Agreement. Photo credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand Canada is likely to be the next national government to face a climate lawsuit launched by young people. The class action suit…
Vanuatu was devastated by Cyclone Pam in 2015 and said it is desperate for financial help to survive climate change's ongoing impacts. Photo credit: Dave Hunt-pool/Getty Images By Dana Drugmand Officials in the South Pacific island of Vanuatu said they are considering suing fossil fuel companies and nations that support the industry…
A Dutch appeals court recently upheld the landmark Urgenda climate ruling, but the government said it will appeal again. Photo credit: Chantal Bekker/Urgenda Foundation By Ucilia Wang The Dutch government announced it will appeal a ruling in the landmark Urgenda case that requires the government to reduce emissions to…
Attorney Roda Verheyen, left, testified that the law could evolve to hold climate polluters responsible for human rights violations. Photo credit: Germanwatch By Isabella Kaminski The possibility of holding companies legally responsible for human rights violations was the latest aspect discussed in the Philippines Commission for Human…
Shell pension fund managers are being queried over how they are protecting members' investments from climate risks. Photo: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images By Ucilia Wang A former Shell employee in the United Kingdom is challenging the managers of the company’s pension fund to prove they are protecting…