Pro@reddthat.com to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 4 days agoA new global ruling shows states are legally responsible for tackling climate changetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkA new global ruling shows states are legally responsible for tackling climate changetheconversation.comPro@reddthat.com to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 4 days agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squarecryptTurtle@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoTLDR for anyone stopping by. Basically it’s not the strongest legal precedent but it does set some precedent. Specifically in that it opens non-compliant States to legal action from other States that have economic partnerships with them
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoAnd for the USians joining us, “States” here means “countries”. Not regional governments like “States” in the US sense.
TLDR for anyone stopping by. Basically it’s not the strongest legal precedent but it does set some precedent. Specifically in that it opens non-compliant States to legal action from other States that have economic partnerships with them
And for the USians joining us, “States” here means “countries”. Not regional governments like “States” in the US sense.