This is part of an international trend in climate change litigation: more and more lawsuits want to hold governments accountable for the mounting losses and damage attributable to anthropogenic climate change. (newscientist.com)
The intent is to pave the way for climate change litigation around the world and to raise the bar for the international negotiations. (papers.ssrn.com)
As science begins to understand more clearly how global warming creates local environmental effects, so we may begin to see the growth of direct climate change litigation. (newlawjournal.co.uk)