Sometimes a legal victory goes on to have an effect properly beyond its unique borders. “Judges are in a super place to adjudicate most of these issues as a end result of they will independently assess whether or not the federal government or company is making a dangerous scenario,” says Sarah Mead, co-director of Urgenda’s Climate Litigation Network. Another clear example of a shift in policy was in Australia, when New South Wales’ environmental watchdog released a draft of its first local weather plan after bushfire survivors succeeded in arguing that the company had a duty to take action.

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