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This episode discusses how individuals are using the legal system to hold companies accountable for their role in climate change.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode host Jo Fahy talks to swissinfo.ch journalist Luigi Jorio about how ordinary people have been using the legal system to hold companies to account over their alleged contributions to climate change. We find out how islanders from an Indonesian archipelago have challenged Swiss cement company Holcim in a court in Switzerland. Christina Voigt, one of the world’s leading experts in environmental law and climate litigation, joins us to explain why the courts are be...

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Host: Jo Fahy

Guests: Luigi Jorio, Christina Voigt

Topics covered

• climate change
• legal system
• environmental law
• climate litigation
• corporate accountability

Keywords

• climate change
• legal action
• environmental law
• climate litigation
• corporate accountability
• Holcim
• swissinfo.ch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: swissinfo.ch, Holcim

Places: Indonesia, Switzerland

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