Destroying the Amazon rainforest will accelerate climate change, harming millions. Can those responsible be prosecuted?
- Lecturer in Law, Bangor University
But criminal sanctions alone aren’t enough. We also have to make individuals and firms financially liable for their actions.
Environmental campaigners have employed an argument that they were forced into ‘illegal’ action but judges are still not buying it.
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