The Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill would block tort claims against greenhouse gas emitters for climate-related harm, and would do so retrospectively, with the explicit intention of extinguishing Smith v Fonterra and others.

Submissions are now closed on the Tort Prohibition Bill (9:00AM, Monday 13 July).

Oral submissions are occurring on Tuesday 14 July: List of oral submitters | Livestream link for oral submissions.

• We hosted a webinar on Thursday 9 July. You can watch the recording here, and hear from Mike Smith, Dr Bjørn-Oliver Magsig, Dr David Hall, and Laura MacKay,who explained the Tort Prohibition Bill and its implications.

• We have compiled a submission hub for the Tort Prohibition Bill which includes Lawyers for Climate Action’s submission, an explainer from us as well as background materials that may be useful.