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    Fossil fuels

    Climate finance

    15 November 2023

    Our groundbreaking case against Shell’s Board of Directors comes to an end

    Climate finance

    29 November 2022

    We’re withdrawing our case against the Belgian National Bank
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    29 September 2022

    What’s wrong with the EU’s new green investment rules?

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    Access to Justice

    19 September 2022

    We’ve started legal action against the classification of gas as ‘sustainable’
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    Fossil fuels

    Climate finance

    8 September 2022

    We've joined a complaint against coal giant Glencore over its misleading net zero claims
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    Climate finance

    31 January 2022

    Why we’re going back to Court against the Belgian National Bank

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    19 October 2021

    What is Climate Finance?

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    North America

    18 October 2021

    US company directors must consider climate risk, or face potential liability

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    13 September 2021

    North Sea oil field development shows banks’ hypocrisy over climate

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    18 August 2021

    Why we are taking action against Just Eat and Carnival over their climate failings

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    North America

    13 August 2021

    Tighten US corporate disclosures to address climate risk: ClientEarth lawyers

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    Asia & the Pacific

    16 April 2021

    One of Japan’s last remaining coal plant construction plans abandoned
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