Climate risks are becoming legal liabilities for the energy sector

Justin Gundlach ()
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Justin Gundlach: Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law

Nature Energy, 2020, vol. 5, issue 2, 94-97

Abstract: The number of plaintiffs taking energy firms to court for ignoring climate-related risks is growing. By revealing how the sector is not prepared — and not preparing — for what is coming, their cases are pressing the energy sector to treat those risks as a cost of doing business.

Date: 2020
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