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Research shows that climate change had a significant effect on voting choices in the 2016 and 2020 elections – and could also influence the 2024 presidential race.
Women need legal aid to sue companies and governments over climate change damage to their communities.
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
Ghana needs strong political will to enhance its climate change regulation.
If this case succeeds, it could set a precedent to hold major polluters responsible for the effects of climate change – even on the other side of the world.
In a momentous case, young EU citizens will seek to draw among a range of principles from human rights, such as that of effectiveness, to arm-twist governments into impactful climate action.
The Balearic islands have passed a pioneering law protecting the well-being of present and future generations. Can it be successful?
The case hinged on Montana’s ‘green amendment,’ which guarantees a constitutional right to ‘a clean and healthful environment.’ Other states have similar amendments, and more are considering them.
The strong trade relationship with the EU means policy changes like the border tax may have disproportionately significant effects on African economies.
The sea level around Vanuatu is rising at a rate nearly twice the global average. New research tells a story of both loss and resilience.
Thanks to Vanuatu, a vote at the next UN General Assembly could open the floodgates to international climate litigation.
Australia is one of the last nations holding out against legislating the human right to a healthy environment
Every year, air pollution kills 2,600 Australians. Australia’s new climate policy regime must account for this and other harms climate change wreaks on society.
When it comes to emissions reduction, Australia needs a proper national conversation and a long-term plan. The climate change bill about to pass parliament doesn’t provide this.
There’s some confusion around what the new climate law allows the Environmental Protection Agency to do. A law professor explains what’s changing.
Under the Greens’ proposal, future projects, such as a new mine or high emissions industrial plant, would be assessed on the climate harms they’d potentially cause.
New research looked at similar laws in Victoria and around the world. The Albanese government must learn from their successes and failures.
The Stockholm Conference in June 1972 launched five decades of international negotiations on everything from biodiversity to climate change.
The number of people who die from climate change each year is roughly the same as the number of people who die from tobacco use.
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
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Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Health Economics, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Bradford
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Philip H. Knight Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy, UCL
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Researcher in Science Education, University of York
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Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Jeffrey Bain Scholar & Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark
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Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Melbourne Climate Futures initiative, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, University College Cork
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
