Higham, Catherine Author aut Setzer, Joana Author aut Text xx# 2022 Verfassungsblog 2022-07-28 eng

electronic resource

remote

Computermedien

Online-Ressource

Earlier this month, during a record-breaking heatwave and a Conservative party leadership contest that will determine the next UK Prime Minister, the High Court quietly issued a judgment that may have nearly as much impact on the course of UK climate policy over the coming decades than either of the other events. The High Court judgement in the Net Zero Strategy legal challenge can be considered a landmark victory. On the one hand, the case can be understood as a narrow administrative law challenge to the process by which a government decision was made. On the other hand, however, the judgment can be understood in the context of a growing number of cases around the world which demonstrate the critical role of the law and the courts in creating accountability for climate action – something that is increasingly vital in the face of a warming world and a lack of public trust in key institutions. CC BY-SA 4.0 Higham, Catherine Climate climate change Climate Crisis climate litigation Transparency 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/net-zero-full-transparency/ 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.17176/20220729-061617-0 220728 10.17176/20220729-061617-0 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)