Torres Strait leaders lost their landmark case. How can governments be held to account on climate?

Experts and advocates say it's time for the law to change after judge says matters based on climate policy cannot be decided by courtsSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton's free Clear Air newsletter hereIn the hours after the federal court delivered its judgment in a landmark climate case on Tuesday, the two Torres Strait Islands community leaders who brought the proceedings, and their supporters, expressed their shock and dismay.The court had agreed with much of the factual evidence about climate impacts on the Torres Strait Islands but the case still failed. In respect of negligence law, it found the federal government did not owe Torres Strait Islanders a duty of care to protect them from global heating. Continue reading...