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In Short
The Situation: In a landmark judgment, on 27 May 2021, the Federal Court of Australia ruled in
Sharma v Minister for the Environment [2021] FCA 560 (
Sharma) that, when deciding whether or not to grant approval to a coal mine development, the Federal Minister for the Environment owed a duty of care to all children under the age of 18 who ordinarily reside in Australia to avoid causing them personal injury as a consequence of increased carbon dioxide emissions.
The Result: The finding that government decision-makers owe a duty of care to Australian children to protect them from harms caused by climate change breaks new legal ground in Australia. If
Whitehaven Coal has announced that the Federal Court has dismissed proceedings seeking to prevent the Federal Environment Minister granting an approval for the company’s Vickery Extension Project.