On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson takes a look at a climate human rights case out of Australia, and its implications for the ability to hold corporations accountable for their role in damaging the climate. Then, we explore what a solarpunk system of climate accountability would look like.

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News Articles and Other Sources

Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/22/trapped-by-floods-and-fearing-death-in-the-heat-the-australians-taking-legal-action-over-the-climate-crisis

Meet the 10 Australians and Read their Complaint

https://earthjustice.org/hardtruthscase/legal

Fossil Fuel Exports at Center of UN Human Rights Case Against Australian Government

https://earthjustice.org/press/2026/fossil-fuel-exports-at-center-of-un-human-rights-case-against-australian-government

U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/23/world-court-climate-ruling

Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

https://www.icj-cij.org/case/187

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