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More lawyers needed to fight against climate crisis, campaigners say
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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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