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A Pyrrhic victory?

Climate change ruling may be counter-productive, UK judge predicts

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Joshua Rozenberg
Apr 10, 2024
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Yesterday’s judgment on climate change “may well have achieved exactly the opposite effect to what was intended”, the UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights said in a partly dissenting opinion.

Judge Eicke accused his judicial colleagues of going beyond what was legitimate and permissible for them to do. They had tried to run before they could …

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