A new global grassroots legal trend, known as the "rights of nature" movement, which argues that nature be treated with the same legal rights as humans, is gaining momentum in Australia and around the world, according to legal academics from the University of NSW.
The UN's former top environment and human rights diplomat says an international climate decision in favour of Torres Strait Islanders will influence domestic courts and international tribunals.
A temporary overshoot of a 1.5 degrees temperature rise appears almost inevitable, according to a new IPCC report, which presents strategies for deep emission cuts in all parts of the global economy.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said private sector companies still financing coal extraction "must be held to account", following the release of a new report by the IPCC.
The latest IPCC report provides powerful new evidence to support the claims of climate change litigants, according to environment groups, lawyers and climate scientists.
The ACT government will this month receive a report on costing the damage caused by greenhouse gas, while the Biden Administration has hiked the price it will use to the equivalent of A$65.87 per tonne.