Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law develops legal techniques to address climate change and trains the next generation of leaders
Aug 9, 2021 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
The @IPCC_CH#ClimateReport is out today. Courts around the world have cited to IPCC reports to find that nations and corporations must reduce emissions and otherwise take #climateaction.
In Urgenda, the Dutch Supreme Court wrote, “When giving substance to the positive obligations imposed on the State...one must take into account broadly supported scientific insights . . . Important in this respect are...the reports from the IPCC.” bit.ly/3lKVeba