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Topic: Climate litigation

Climate litigation is the growing use of courts and legal systems to hold governments and corporations accountable for their role in contributing to climate change and failing to take adequate action.

More on: Climate litigation

The podcast episodes explore various aspects of climate litigation, including landmark cases where citizens have sued their governments for failing to take adequate action on climate change, as well as lawsuits aimed at holding fossil fuel companies legally and financially responsible for climate impacts like heat waves and other damages.

The episodes discuss the legal strategies and implications of these cases, as well as the growing use of attribution science to quantify the role of fossil fuel companies in driving climate change. The podcasts also examine the intersection of climate change, human rights, and indigenous rights, and how legal avenues are being used to protect vulnerable communities.

Overall, the podcast episodes highlight climate litigation as an important tool in the fight against climate change, pushing for greater accountability and more ambitious action from governments and corporations.

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