'Lawsuit Out of Love' as Unprecedented Legal Action Accuses Dutch Government of Failing on Climate | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
And so it begins...
...knowingly putting current and future generations of people at risk from the well-established threat of global warming and climate change...
...not taking sufficient measures to lower the country's dependence and overall consumption of coal, oil, and natural gas...
...human rights are being used as a legal basis to protect citizens against future harms related to a hotter and less stable planet...
... by far not doing enough... really not going quickly enough if you want to avoid a catastrophe in this and the next generations...
...more clear to a broad group we are heading to a catastrophe...
...an increasing number of legal experts around the world have come to believe, the lack of action represents a gross violation of the rights of those who will suffer the consequences...
...obvious international politics has not brought much good to the world... the power of politics, fossil fuel companies and the banks are so large..
...but there is one other powerful system with a lot of wisdom.. and that is the law...
...we simply cannot wait in the pious hope short-term-minded governments and enterprises will save us.. and when we act it must be on the basis of equity and justice.. and that is the law..
...governments are violating their legal duties if they each act in a way that, collectively, is known to lead to grave harms...
...every year we miss increases the challenge and risk... we’ve squandered decades already...
...our window for action is [rapidly] closing... we must act now.
