'Government should be doing more': Campaigners take climate adaptation legal challenge to the ECHR

James Murray
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'Government should be doing more': Campaigners take climate adaptation legal challenge to the ECHR

Friends of the Earth confirms it has requested the European Court of Human Rights hears complaint over UK's 'inadequate' climate adaptation strategy

The long-running legal challenge over the UK government's climate adaptation strategy has entered a new phase, after campaigners confirmed they have formally requested the European Court of Human Rights...

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