How one student forced the government to admit the economic risks of climate change
- Written by Arjuna Dibley, Head of Sustainable Finance Hub, The University of Melbourne
Last month, a significant victory for climate change was won behind closed doors. In 2020, Katta O’Donnell, then a 23-year-old university student in Melbourne, launched a world-leading class action lawsuit against the Commonwealth government.
O’Donnell alleged that she and other investors in Australian-issued bonds had been misled...