Anj Sharma, 16, and her team hope to force change they say is not coming quickly enough from governmentEight teenagers and an octogenarian nun head to Read More
Mar 01, 2021
Climate change
Feb 14, 2021
Losing our marbles over Stonehenge | Brief letters
Judiciary | Queen’s leases | Travel plans | Ancient showroom | StonehengeDonald Trump’s acquittal in the US Senate (Report, 14 February) surely Read More
Feb 04, 2021
Global heating to blame for threat of deadly flood in Peru, study finds
Research showing severe flood threat caused by global heating may set legal precedent in climate litigationHuman-caused global heating is directly Read More
Jan 15, 2021
Air pollution will lead to mass migration, say experts after landmark ruling
Call for world leaders to act in wake of French extradition case that turned on environmental concernsAir pollution does not respect national Read More
Dec 16, 2020
Top UK court overturns block on Heathrow’s third runway
Earlier ruling said expansion plan was illegal as government had not considered its climate commitmentsThe supreme court has overturned a February Read More
Nov 30, 2020
European states ordered to respond to youth activists’ climate lawsuit
European court of human rights case could result in countries being bound to take greater actionThe European court of human rights has ordered 33 Read More
Nov 14, 2020
Suing for climate action: can the courts save us from the black hole of political inaction?
Climate litigator David Barnden had a landmark win this month against a major superannuation fund. He tells Guardian Australia he is just getting Read More
Sep 18, 2020
Participatory politics and the point of parliament
Alex Bradbury of Extinction Rebellion on the climate assembly; John Bourn on the Coronavirus Act; and Karl Gehring on why Switzerland has the right Read More
Sep 06, 2020
Extinction Rebellion calls move to class it as organised crime group ‘ridiculous’
Climate group criticises move by UK government as Labour condemns newspaper protestExtinction Rebellion has described government moves to treat the Read More
Sep 03, 2020
Portuguese children sue 33 countries over climate change at European court
Ground-breaking crowdfunded case demands that states make more ambitious emissions cutsYoung activists from Portugal have filed the first climate Read More
Sep 03, 2020
Extinction Rebellion: rights experts say peaceful protest in UK under threat
Liberty condemns ‘unworkable restrictions, fines and arrests’ used by police to stifle ralliesCivil liberty experts have warned that peaceful protest Read More
Aug 16, 2020
Tessa Khan: ‘Litigation is a powerful tool in the environmental crisis’
When a court in the Netherlands ruled its government’s actions unlawful, it inspired others to hold big polluters to account• Time to reset: more Read More