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New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Emissions Duty of Care

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New Zealand Supreme Court Paves Way for Novel Climate Change Claim

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On appeal of a strike out decision, the Court gives the plaintiff “his day in court” to argue that corporates owe a common law duty of care in tort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On 7 February 2024, the Supreme...more

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New Zealand Court of Appeal rejects claim seeking to hold large corporates accountable for climate emissions

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New Zealand’s Court of Appeal dismissed the first climate change litigation case brought in New Zealand targeting corporate defendants for their greenhouse gas emissions....more

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