Celia Hatton

I'm sure the courts will be looking at their track record and their commitments, but that isn't really what's central to this case.

How they'll deal with companies' broader commitments is yet to be seen.

I know those subject to the predations of climate change say it's urgent, but from what I understand, it took three years even for the court in Switzerland to decide that it was going to take on this case.

So presumably there's unlikely to be any rapid conclusion to it.

These cases are slow.

They're not a substitute for policy and change on the ground, but they can help to draw attention to the problem.

And perhaps one day they can help people who need the compensation for

real tangible changes which are being made to their lives in negative ways.

Environment and climate change journalist Isabella Kaminsky.

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Yet occasionally, even they turn to verse.

We ask why.

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