Those climate lawsuit cases you cite wouldn''t have any impact
on the course of climate change or more precisely carbon emission
growth. It is also easier to win in climate lawsuit against the government
if no individuals among those in power are held liable to jail terms as the
losers won't bother to appeal the ruling. Do you think winning in an
accussation of Trudeau's role in growing the nation's carbon emission
in the last 10 years would land him in jail?
Our courts would side with the establishment where profit is at stake.
It is fine to grant attention-whoring youngsters victory in bogus climate
lawsuit. But to find out which side of the climate debate the status quo
is on here is a recent case that gives hint on the answer.
A Dutch court has upheld Shell's appeal against a 2021 verdict forcing it to almost halve oil and gas emissions by 2030.
www.dw.com
A court throws out a ruling that the gas and oil giant cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
www.bbc.com