"From Norway to Peru, US to Philippines, Activists Sue for Climate Justice", 27 Oct 2016

A groundswell of litigation actions against the perpetrators of climate change is emerging across the globe...Greenpeace and Nature and Youth began legal proceedings against the Norwegian government for its decision to issue licenses to drill in the Arctic...[T]he Philippines Commission on Human Rights called 45 oil majors and other carbon intense industries to court...Another case commenced in the US...when plaintiffs...filed a lawsuit stating that the federal government was violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property by not taking effective action against climate change...[I]n Peru...mountain guide and farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya is taking the German energy company RWE to court as Europe's "largest emitter"...In all these cases, the claimants -- whether individuals, communities or nations -- face a severely uphill struggle.  They are taking on either the oil industry or governments...[T]here are a number of factors that could catalyze early success in these and other court cases...[W]ith every new case put forward in court...momentum grows to end climate debt and ensure climate justice...