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Strong suits: climate litigation

The Intelligence from The Economist

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Is the Number of Climate Change Lawsuits Increasing?

According to one analysis that was done last year by some scholars at the grantham institute here in london. As of 20 21, 58 % of the cases outside america that had been concluded had outcomes that were favorable to parties that sought more action on climate change. But it's worth remembering that that stat is cases outside America. And there are plenty of cases that are not successful. The whole idea of gettingaction on climate change through the corts is not completely but still interesting.

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