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This chapter discusses the relevance of separation of powers in a wide array of climate cases including in terms of the outcome of successful and unsuccessful cases. The purpose is to identify emerging best practice from the case law to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eckes, C., Nedevska, J. and Setzer, J. (2025) ‘’, in M. Wewerinke-Singh and S. Mead (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook on Climate Litigation<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Law Handbooks), pp. 145–168.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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