In Canada, the Netherlands, and Ireland, citizens are taking their governments to court to demand more ambitious policies to fight climate change.
And litigation offers something missing from every other climate change mitigation strategy, whether it’s the Green New Deal or a carbon tax: a villain.
With so many lawsuits filed across so many jurisdictions, the likelihood of a climate case getting to a trial is growing.
The litigation also circumvents the legislative process, which is arguably where climate change policies should be implemented in the first place.
But the current wave of litigation is bringing up new legal questions in the context of climate change for the first time.
The complaint notes that the federal government has long known about the consequences of burning fossil fuels, namely climate change.
Climate change lawsuits could lead to multibillion-dollar payouts, and force an unwilling government to make cutting greenhouse gases a central priority. »
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