In the past month, a number of landmark developments have occurred in climate change law in Australia and overseas, which have the potential to materially impact emissions intensive.
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
In the past month, a number of landmark developments have occurred in climate change law in Australia and overseas, which have the potential to materially impact emissions-intensive corporations and projects. These reflect the ongoing willingness of courts to intervene and regulate carbon dioxide emissions based on actions founded in tort and negligence.
In this article, we briefly summarise the following key recent climate change law cases:
Sharma by her litigation representative Sister Marie Brigid Arthur v Minister for the Environment [2021] FCA 560, where the Federal Court of Australia held that a novel duty of care applied to a government decision maker in approving a coal mine extension under Commonwealth environmental legislation