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Leaders and academics emphasise climate cooperation as legal obligation

Leaders and academics emphasise climate cooperation as legal obligation

States have a legal obligation to work together to phase out fossil fuels, leaders and legal experts have stressed during inaugural talks on phasing out fossil fuels in Colombia. There was a strong focus on science at the Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels conference, held in the port city of

Netherlands: Port of Rotterdam formally challenged over climate plan

Netherlands: Greenpeace starts legal action against JBS

Netherlands: Milieudefensie formally files second claim against Shell

Netherlands: Milieudefensie formally files second claim against Shell

Netherlands: Government appeals Bonaire ruling

Climate doesn’t care about borders. Nor does climate litigation

Climate doesn’t care about borders. Nor does climate litigation

When residents of the Caribbean island of Bonaire faced the Netherlands in court last October, they had few expectations for what they might achieve. They had travelled from a place that is particularly vulnerable to sea-level rise, extreme heat and other climate-related impacts, but also their beloved home that they

Netherlands: State ordered to help Bonaire adapt to climate change