Lawsuits Targeting ‘Climate Washing’ Becoming More Frequent June 28, 2024 By Katharine Gemmell and Karin Matussek Companies accused of misrepresenting their progress on tackling climate change are increasingly finding themselves the target of litigants, as activist...
Climate Lawsuits Build as Latin American Court Hears Largest Case Ever May 30, 2024 By Jake Spring Latin America’s human rights court holds a final hearing in Brazil on Wednesday in a case that’s part of a...
Climate Court Cases That Could Set New Precedents Around the World May 23, 2024 By Jake Spring Courts around the world are hearing an ever-growing number of climate change lawsuits with some of the largest cases in...
What Do Countries and Companies Want in Global Plastic Treaty Talks? April 22, 2024 By Valerie Volcovici Global leaders will gather in Canada’s capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein...
Investment Deficit Puts Planet on Path to Miss 1.5C, Study Finds April 5, 2024 By Natasha White A lack of investment in green energy has left the world on track to overshoot the 1.5C temperature increase that...
Shell Says Landmark Court Ruling Obstructs Fight Against Climate Change April 2, 2024 By Bart H. Meijer Shell on Tuesday told a Dutch court a 2021 order that it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a...
Shell’s Appeal of Landmark Climate Ruling to Begin in April January 17, 2024 By Laura Hurst and Diederik Baazil Shell Plc’s appeal against a landmark ruling that ordered the oil and gas giant to cut its carbon emissions by...
Climate on Track to Warm by Nearly 5.2F Without Aggressive Actions: UN Report November 21, 2023 By Gloria Dickie Countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3...
Antarctica Risks ‘Cascades of Extreme Events’ as Earth Warms: Study August 11, 2023 By Liza Tetley Extreme weather in Antarctica, including ocean heat waves and ice loss, is set to become more intense unless urgent policy...
French Bank BNP Paribas Sued by NGOs Over Amazon Rainforest Deforestation Link February 27, 2023 By Mathieu Rosemain Environmental and human rights activist groups said on Monday they had sued BNP Paribas, the eurozone’s biggest bank, for providing...