Law’s Juscelino Colares discusses difficulty of making solid legal case against companies for specific climate effects

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Climate WireJuscelino Colares, professor of law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, discussed the difficulty of making a solid legal case to tie a company’s emissions directly to specific climate effects. “The question is still ‘Can that plaintiff link his harm to the conduct of the company?'” he said.