Poland Faces First Citizen Lawsuits Over Climate Change

Source: U.S. News and World ReportFive individuals in Poland are taking the government to court over its alleged failure to protect them from the impact of climate change, the first such lawsuit in the coal-reliant country, charity ClientEarth said on Thursday. Poland was the only European Union member state not to pledge to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 when the bloc set the target in 2019, and its conservative government has long supported the coal industry.