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Global warming: should we sue governments?

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  • 30 June 2015
  • Jean-François Perrin
    • Droit, UNIGE
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In the Netherlands, a court seized by an NGO has ordered the state to reduce CO2 emissions. Can the courts prohibit a government from harming the planet?

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