Climate change: Dogs of law are off the leash (AFP)

An aerial view shows flood-affected villages and make-shift camps in Pakistan. In the past three years, the number of climate-related lawsuits has ballooned, filling the void of political efforts in tackling greenhouse-gas emissions.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)AFP – From being a marginal and even mocked issue, climate-change litigation is fast emerging as a new frontier of law where some believe hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake.

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