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Court Rejects Constitutional Climate Claim Against Norway
January 10, 2018
Reuters reports that a Norwegian court has rejected a lawsuit launched by environmental activists seeking to halt the Norwegian government from granting licenses to energy companies for Arctic oil exploration on the ground that the climate impacts of new oil drilling violated the constitutional right of Norwegians to a healthy environment.
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NGOs Resort to Courts to Force Climate Action
January 10, 2018
The Thomson Reuters Foundation reports on the growing trend of attempts by nongovernmental organizations, frustrated by the perceived lack of political action on climate change, to use courts to force businesses to address their asserted impacts on global warming and to require governments to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Dutch Court Rejects Lawsuit on Emissions Policies
January 10, 2018
EUobserver reports that a Dutch court has rejected a case from a local affiliate of international environmental lobby group Friends of the Earth demanding that the Netherlands produce new plans to raise air-quality standards and reduce levels of particulate matter and nitrogen dioxides in line with EU mandates.
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Moody's Rates Governments Based on Climate Adaptation
January 10, 2018
Moody's Investors Service recently announced that it would evaluate the creditworthiness of state and local governments based on "adaptation and mitigation strategies" related to the impacts of global warming and the availability of federal and state aid to address the increasingly catastrophic weather events produced by the phenomenon.
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Unilever Embraces BHR-Focused Corporate Model
January 09, 2018
Marcela Manubens, a Vice President of global consumer products company Unilever focused on "sustainability," has published an article calling on corporations around the world to develop "new inclusive business models" implementing the business and human rights (BHR) agenda in their operations and supply chains.
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