“Post Paris climate talks, how to take charge through climate litigation”, 15 Dec 2015

…Amid uncertainty about how the agreement reached at the COP21 Paris climate conference will be implemented, civil society can take charge through climate litigation.  Novel legal approaches will be crucial, both to strengthen company accountability and to spur effective climate regulation by governments.  Below are examples of trailblazers in this field.  Some have sought to hold companies liable for contributions to climate change.  Others have used litigation to push governments for stronger regulation of companies’ climate impacts, in the face of political and legislative paralysis…The problem of the political question doctrine has meant that the only successful cases have been against governments for their failures to regulate emissions…Ensuring corporate legal accountability for contributions to climate change is an enormous task for the business and human rights community, but one worth fighting for…[Refers to RWE].