From U.S. to Netherlands and South Pacific, Courthouses Form Key Battleground for Fight against Climate Change

From U.S. to Netherlands and South Pacific, Courthouses Form Key Battleground for Fight against Climate Change

14 JUNE 2015

With some governments slow to take action against climate change, some countries as well as public interest groups have gone to court to force the issue.

Representatives from six South Pacific countries recently announced (pdf) that they intend to sue carbon polluters for their role in causing climate change. The plaintiffs from Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and the Philippines are vulnerable to rising sea levels and greater storm activity brought on by climate change.

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Source: AllGov

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