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Green-lighting new gas projects is a code red for the Great Barrier Reef. But a new landmark federal court case may stop the Scarborough offshore gas project in its tracks.
Environment minister Sussan Ley successfully argued that she doesn’t have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change. Here’s why the judges unanimously ruled in her favour.
They argued the NSW Environment Protection Authority should take action on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. In an Aussie first, the court agreed.
IPCC reports are often used as legal tool for bringing the powerful to account. And the more Australia’s governments and businesses lag on climate change, the more litigation we’re likely to see.
To date, courts have often been reluctant to interfere in what is viewed as an issue best left to policymakers. These recent judgements, and others, suggest things are changing.
The children argue failure to tackle climate change constitutes youth discrimination.
Six Portuguese youngsters say 33 countries have violated their human rights by causing climate change.
As the impacts of climate change escalate, bankruptcies and other corporate financial woes are likely to only increase.
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, Melbourne Law School, and Research fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, University College Cork; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Professor of Environmental Law, University of Stirling
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A/Prof and Deputy Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Project Lead, Australian Climate Accountability Project at the UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW
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Professor of Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor Lewis & Clark Law School (Fall 2019), Lewis & Clark
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Associate Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Head of Sustainable Finance Hub, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Stockholm University
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Directrice de recherche CNRS, juriste, spécialiste du changement climatique et du droit de l’environnement et la santé, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Bradford