Guest Commentary: Brazilian’s first tort climate case for illegal deforestation in Amazonia
Law Columbia
JUNE 16, 2021
hectares (the equivalent of 4,650 football fields) between 2011 and 2018. The petition also relies on the international climate change framework (the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, which have both been incorporated in Brazilian law). The emissions from deforestation directly contribute to climate change, impacting human rights.
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