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After years of complex legal processes and misinformation, the mine’s fate hangs in the balance.
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.
As one of the few countries to have enshrined net-zero into law, Canada has earned praise for its climate leadership. Yet an independent report calls out its continued failures to reduce emissions.
Major research found Australia must keep 95% of coal in the ground to limit global warming. With a little political will, this would be easy to do.
Queensland’s new human rights act has opened the door for a flood of climate change litigation.
The Queensland Labor government still must approve two outstanding environmental management plans for the Adani mine to go ahead.
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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