NZ Moves to Block Climate Lawsuits Against Firms

Climate-skeptic narrative

Tort law is simply not built to handle something as complex as climate change, which involves tangled environmental, economic and social factors that courts aren't equipped to untangle. New Zealand already has a functioning national framework, making piecemeal litigation redundant and damaging to investment. With the zero emissions goal already unlikely, any more changes to climate policy should be made in Parliament, not through activist lawsuits in the courtroom.