Oliver Conway

It doesn't dispute the fact that burning fossil fuels contributes...

to climate change.

I think that's not up for debate at all.

But Shell says that everyone's known this for a long time and the debate has been how to tackle it.

And that's been a public one that's been going on for many years, decades even.

It's going to be interesting to see, you know, which way the court may be convinced on this or not.

Yeah, scientists say it's difficult to link cause and effect to particular storms in regards to climate change.

But what could be the impact of this case?

Environmental groups, including Greenpeace, they're one of them backing this claim.

They're hoping that if it's successful, then they can basically sue other big fossil fuel companies.

And you do see these sort of test cases popping up now and again.

There is clearly, though, an appetite for a kind of reckoning, you know, when it comes to the oil and gas companies and when it comes to climate change.

But, you know, with these very highly legal issues...

The devil's in the detail of the specific case and of the specific interpretation of the science.

Our Asia business correspondent, Nick Marsh.

The illegal trade in wildlife is estimated to be worth up to $20 billion a year.

An investigation by BBC News has found body parts of endangered species, including tigers and sharks, being offered for sale on Facebook.

The site's owner, Meta, says it doesn't allow the selling of endangered species and removes such content.

Britain has strict laws on what animals can be imported, but our reporter Angus Crawford found that companies here in the UK were illegally supplying products like dead seahorses for use in food and traditional medicines.

Here's his report.