Five Polish citizens are taking their government to court over its failure to protect them from the impacts of the climate crisis. Stasiak told the Guardian the birth of her son had also motivated her to fight for climate action. The claimants are being represented by the international environmental law charity ClientEarth and the Polish law firm Gessel. It will be the first time national climate policy has been directly challenged in a Polish court. Poland has so far proved reluctant to phase out polluting coal, because the industry employs about 80,000 people and is politically influential.

Source: The Guardian June 10, 2021 08:00 UTC