UK's new climate action plan unlawful due to delivery risk, High Court rules

Item 1 of 4 Env ironmental campaigners hold placards outside the High Court in London, Britain May 3, 2024. London's High Court has ruled that Britain's latest climate action plan is unlawful, in a legal challenge brought by Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth and the Good Law Project over Britain's new climate action plan. REUTERS/Hollie Adams Env ironmental campaigners hold placards outside the High Court in London, Britain May 3, 2024.

Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth and the Good Law Project took legal action over the targets last year, having successfully challenged the previous budgets set by the Conservative government in 2022. Judge Clive Sheldon upheld four out of five grounds of their legal challenge in a written ruling that Katie de Kauwe, a lawyer with Friends of the Earth, described as "another embarrassing defeat for the government and its reckless and inadequate climate plans".

"We do not believe a court case about process represents the best way of driving progress towards our shared goal of reaching net zero."Friday's ruling comes as climate campaigners have increasingly turned to the law to force governments to move more quickly on tackling emissions.in April that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change, in a decision that could set a precedent for future climate lawsuits.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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