"Litigation against major corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters has proven extremely tough. Even as successful cases against governments have blossomed, private suits face significant barriers. A civil law breakthrough came in 2021, with the ruling of a Dutch court against Shell. In Smith v Fonterra, decided by New Zealand’s Supreme Court this week, we have perhaps the biggest common law breakthrough."

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https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2024/02/12/smith-v-fonterra-a-common-law-climate-litigation-breakthrough/