Climate justice in the courtroom
Activists, investors and everyday people are increasingly pursuing climate litigation to exert pressure on companies. So can companies be held accountable for climate change?
A Peruvian farmer is suing a German fossil fuel company, the city of Baltimore has filed a lawsuit against 26 oil and gas firms, and a Polish coal mining company was taken to court by its own shareholders. Activists, investors and everyday people are increasingly pursuing climate litigation as a means to exert pressure on companies and shift our societies onto a more sustainable trajectory. But success is far from assured.
Our climate question this week is: Can companies be held accountable for climate change?
Guests:
SaΓΊl Luciano Lliuya - Peruvian farmer
Florence Goupil - freelance journalist
Rupert Stuart Smith - DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford researching climate change litigation and attributing climate change damages to individual emitters
Sophie Marjanac - climate accountability lead at Client Earth
Presented by Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell
Produced by Zak Brophy
Researched by Dearbhail Starr and Olivia Noon
Mixed by Tom Brignell
Edited by Emma Rippon
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