British Scientists Clear the Way for Suing Oil and Power Companies for “Adverse Weather Events”
Whether it’s too hot, too cold, too windy, too rainy or too dry, someone’s gonna pay for it soon:
People affected by worsening storms, heatwaves and floods could soon be able to sue the oil and power companies they blame for global warming, a leading climate expert has said.
Myles Allen, a physicist at Oxford University, said a breakthrough that allows scientists to judge the role man-made climate change played in extreme weather events could see a rush to the courts over the next decade.
He said: “We are starting to get to the point that when an adverse weather event occurs we can quantify how much more likely it was made by human activity. And people adversely affected by climate change today are in a position to document and quantify their losses. This is going to be hugely important.”
Someone who is introduced as a director of the menacingly named “Climate Justice programme” can’t wait:
[he] said developing countries such as Nepal could also sue for compensation over damage caused by global warming. “As the issue of damages gets worse and worse, the chances of this happening will get greater and greater,” he said. “I hope it happens.”
Lawyers can’t wait, too:
Lawyers say it is only a matter of time before class actions are brought.
We live in interesting times.
(Via Memeorandum.)
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