Friends of the Earth seeks judicial review, saying aid deal contradicts climate commitments
Environmentalists at Friends of the Earth will mount a legal challenge against the government’s decision to offer $1bn in financial support to a major fossil fuel project in Mozambique that they say is “incompatible” with the Paris climate agreement.
The green group will go to the high court this week to seek a judicial review into the government’s decision to use taxpayer money to “worsen the climate emergency” by helping to finance a $20bn gas project on the Mozambican coast.
Related: Boris Johnson poised to stop UK funding overseas fossil fuel projects
Continue reading…Friends of the Earth seeks judicial review, saying aid deal contradicts climate commitmentsEnvironmentalists at Friends of the Earth will mount a legal challenge against the government’s decision to offer $1bn in financial support to a major fossil fuel project in Mozambique that they say is “incompatible” with the Paris climate agreement.The green group will go to the high court this week to seek a judicial review into the government’s decision to use taxpayer money to “worsen the climate emergency” by helping to finance a $20bn gas project on the Mozambican coast. Related: Boris Johnson poised to stop UK funding overseas fossil fuel projects Continue reading…
