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| Campaigners who believe world leaders are not doing enough to combat climate change are taking matters into their own hands—and suing governments and fossil-fuel companies. But can the climate catastrophe really be resolved in court? 00:00 - A rapidly warming world 01:25 - Climate effects in Peru 03:54 - Climate adaptation funding 05:17 - Peru farmer v RWE 08:36 - Rise in climate litigation cases 09:49 - Landmark win for the Torres Strait Islands 12:58 - Is this the future for tackling climate change? Read our special report on climate adaptation: https://econ.st/3zFbO2k Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Read more of our coverage on climate change: https://econ.st/3fjSwZv The world is missing its lofty climate targets. Time for some realism: https://econ.st/3UrsXEA The latest UN climate report is gloomy, with some sunny patches: https://econ.st/3Dh0oTi New IPCC report: over 3bn people face rising climate-change threat: https://econ.st/3fsZH1k The Glasgow summit left a huge hole in the world’s plans to curb climate change: https://econ.st/3TSuiEG Watch ‘This is what 3°C of global warming looks like’: https://econ.st/3fmAvcS |
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