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More lawyers needed to fight against climate crisis, campaigners say

MORE lawyers are needed in the climate fight as the litigation movement against major polluters gathers pace, campaigners said today.

With a lack of regulation that would force companies and countries to comply with the Paris Agreement, activists are increasingly turning to the law to fill the vacuum.

According to Greenpeace, precedent-setting rulings by courts in multiple jurisdictions mean that the fight is getting easier.

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