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The legal tussle to hold corporate polluters accountable for climate loss and damage
The stage has been set for a series of major battles over whether corporations can be held accountable through the courts for loss and damage from climate change.
In recent months, lawsuits aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry and other big polluters to account for the climate crisis have