Climate Change

Scientists treat evidence one way; lawyers another. The 5th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change saying that the human contribution to climate change is 95% certain. What does 95% certainty look like in terms of legal proof? It’s equivalent to criminal law’s “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Why on earth have we waited until we had proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” to protect our planet?

Read the editorial by the West Coast Environmental Law’s Andrew Gage here:

https://wcel.org/resources/environmental-law-alert/climate-change-proven-beyond-reasonable-doubt