Grist: The countries of the world are violating national and international law by polluting the atmosphere and heating up the planet, according to a group of respected lawyers. Regardless of what kind of climate deal the U.N. comes up with in Paris later this year, governments already have a legal responsibility to take action, the jurists argued today in London as they launched what theyre calling the Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations.
From a Guardian column by two legal experts:...