News Technology07 Sep 2026

New Zealand:New legislation does away with climate tort, no one liable in tort for climate change effects

| 07 Sep 2026

A new amendment passed by the New Zealand parliament bars any court from finding any person, including the Crown, liable in tort for climate-change effects arising from greenhouse gas emissions in current and future proceedings.

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