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On May 28, 2021, ABC News, The Business, televised a report on a recent ruling by a Dutch court requiring Royal Dutch Shell to increase its greenhouse gas emission targets.
On August 28, 2017, National Geographic televised a segment explaining the causes and effects of climate change.
On May 23, 2020, The Economist televised a background report explaining the failure of world governments to adequately address climate change.
On June 25, 2015, Al Jazeera English televised a report on a Dutch court ordering the Dutch government to increase its greenhouse gas emission targets.
On March 2, 2021, Legal Eagle produced and televised a report on the extent to which legal action could be used to reduce climate change.
On June 19, 2021, ABC News televised a report indicating that its Australia Talks survey had indicated that a large majority of Australians believe that the Australian government needs to do more to address climate change and that people will need to change their lifestyles.
On May 18, 2019, Second Thought produced and televised a segment explaining that corporations had a greater responsibility for climate change than individual consumers.
On November 27, 2018, The Guardian televised a report on Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging Australian children to attend school rather than go to climate change protests.
On February 28, 2011, ABC News televised a News report in which then Opposition leader Tony Abbott pledged to remove the price on carbon emissions if his party were elected to government.
On July 31, 2017, Life Noggin televised a segment which suggested actions that individuals can take to reduce climate change.
On June 18, 2019, World 101 televised a report examining the views of different nations on how climate should be addressed and whose responsibility it is.
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On June 24, 2015, The Guardian published an article titled 'Dutch government ordered to cut carbon emissions in landmark ruling'.
The report treats the ruling of a Dutch court requiring the Dutch government to adopt more rigorous emissions targets.
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On June 17, 2021, Renew Economy published a comment and analysis by Ketan Joshi titled 'Australia's government feels no duty of care towards young people on climate'. The article supports the Federal Court ruling that the minister has a duty of care to Australian children and is critical of the government's response to the ruling.
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On May 27, 2021, The Conversation published an article by Laura Schuijers, Research Fellow in Environmental Law at the University of Melbourne, titled 'In a landmark judgment, the Federal Court found the environment minister has a duty of care to young people'.
The article explains the ruling and its significance.
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On May 27, 2021, Renew Economy published an article titled 'Shell, Exxon and Chevron stunned by courts and shareholders in climate blitz' which detailed the actions recently taken against Shell, Exxon, and Chevron and the response of these major oil producers.
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On May 26, 2021, BBC News published a report titled 'Shell: Netherlands court orders oil giant to cut emissions'
The article reports on the decision of the Dutch court that Shell must take stronger action against climate change.
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On May 26, 2021, Forbes published an article titled '"Monumental Victory": Shell Oil Ordered To Limit Emissions In Historic Climate Court Case' which discussed some of the implications of the ruling by a Dutch court that Royal Dutch Shell had to adjust its emissions targets.
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On April 8, 2021, The Conversation published an article by Aoife Daly, Lecturer in Law at the University College Cork, Pernilla Leviner, Professor at the Stockholm University, and Rebecca Thorburn Stern, Professor of Public International Law at Uppsala University. The article is titled 'How children are taking European states to court over the climate crisis - and changing the law' and presents some of the details of the case brought against Portugal and others in November 2020 for breaching their human rights by failing to solve the climate crisis.
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On February 12, 2021, The Conversation published a comment by Tim Stephens, Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney, titled 'Mr Morrison, please don't make empty promises: enshrine our climate targets in law'.
The piece argues for Australia's emissions targets to be given the force of law and claims they will be ineffectual if this is not done.
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On February 11, 2021, Royal Dutch Shell issued a media release titled 'Shell accelerates drive for net-zero emissions with customer-first strategy'. The media release details some of the measures being taken by Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
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On January 29, 2021, The Conversation published an article by Peter Burnett, Honorary Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, Australian National University, titled 'A major report excoriated Australia's environment laws. Sussan Ley's response is confused and risky'.
The article examines the findings of the review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity (EPBC) Act, by former competition watchdog chair Professor Graeme Samuel. The review found that Australia's environment protection laws are seriously inadequate.
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On December 16, 2020, Columbia CVlimate School's State of the Planet published an article by Renee Cho titled 'How Buying Stuff Drives Climate Change'. The comment and analysis places a major responsibility for climate change on the behaviour of consumers.
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On September 10, 2020, The Conversation published an article by Laura Schuijers, Research Fellow in Environmental Law at the University of Melbourne, titled 'These Aussie teens have launched a landmark climate case against the government. Win or lose, it'll make a difference'.
The article details the class action filed in the Federal Court by eight young Australians aged 13-17 seeking an injunction to prevent federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley from approving a new coal project expansion.
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On July 27, 2020, The Conversation published an article by Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Environmental and Climate Law at the University of Melbourne, and Rebekkah Markey-Towler, Research assistant at the University of Melbourne, titled, '"A wake-up call": why this student is suing the government over the financial risks of climate change'.
The article details the case being brought by Katta O'Donnell - a 23-year-old law student from Melbourne - against the Australian government for failing to disclose climate change risks to investors in Australia's sovereign bonds.
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On June 18, 2020, Politico published a comment by Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at New York University, titled 'Can Democracies beat climate change?'
The article considers some of the obstacles democracies face in long-term policy making.
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On March 2, 2020, The Australian Institute of International Affairs published the text of a speech given by Paul Kelly titled 'The Coming Global Upheaval over the Policy and Politics of Climate Change'.
The speech outlines some of the pressures which stand in the way of effective international action on climate change.
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On November 8, 2019, Forbes published an article titled 'The Businesses That Are - And Are Not - Leading on Climate Change' which examines the progress toward emissions reduction being made by some of the world's largest corporations.
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On June 12, 2019, The New Republic published a comment and analysis titled 'Climate Change Is the Symptom. Consumer Culture Is the Disease.' The article placed a large measure of the responsibility for climate change on the behaviour of consumers.
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