melanie willemsLitigating climate change is only going to become more topical. These days you cannot open a newspaper or switch on a television without hearing a reference to carbon emissions, melting ice caps or increasingly erratic weather patterns.

Climate change is closely linked to increased levels of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. Furthermore, scientific evidence points to the rapid expansion of key industrial and manufacturing activities and the burning of fossil fuels as major contributing factors.