Litigation is growing in importance as a way to achieve mitigation and equity in the face of ongoing climate change. Research now shows that currently cases are not using the latest state-of-the-art attribution science, and doing so could improve causation determination.
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Patton, L.E. Litigation needs the latest science. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 644–645 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01113-7
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