Seeking to Slow Climate Change, Lawsuits Look to the Constitution

Reuters
November 16, 2017

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Courts are a "blunt instrument" to try to force change on climate policies, said Oonagh Fitzgerald, a legal expert at the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada.

"And for a lot of people it seems far-fetched" to link climate change with fundamental rights, she said.

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