The legal battles changing the course of climate change
Photo: The Supreme Court of the Netherlands/Kaan Architechten. In 2019, the Urgenda Foundation, a Dutch environmental group, and 900 Dutch citizens successfully sued the State of the Netherlands, requiring it to do more to prevent global climate change. This serves as a high-profile, early example of government framework climate litigation.
This article for BBC Future Planet considers the growing number of climate change related litigation case being brought against governments and companies across the world. The article includes quotes from Joana Setzer and also references the Global trends in climate change litigation: 2023 Snapshot report.
BBC Future Planet, 8 December 2023