What legal obligations do governments have to protect against the effects of climate change? And what are the legal consequences if they fail to do so? These questions are about to go to the United Nations’ principal judicial body, in one of the latest and highest-profile examples of climate action in the courts.   On […]

Many of the policies and laws needed to drive the energy transition and respond to climate change are national or even global in scope—but plenty of progress can be made at the local level too. The opportunity to act locally is the whole idea behind the inaugural Cities Summit of the Americas.   More than […]