For years, Dutch lawyer Roger Cox argued that only law could save humanity from a climate crisis. He even wrote a book about it: Revolution Justified. It was an intriguing concept but few believed it would succeed. Then in June, in a historic verdict, a Netherlands court ordered the government to cut emissions by 25 per cent in five years to fulfil its duty of care to protect citizens from climate change. Cox broke down in the…
How a legal revolution could fight global warming
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