Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
When lives or properties are destroyed by floods, storms, or wildfires, can and should anybody be held to account? Historically, these events have often been considered as 'acts of God' - unpredictable, unavoidable and beyond human control. But does this reflect today's world, where anthropogenic climate change is making weather and climate extremes more severe and more frequent? In this film, produced in association with the 2025 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, we explore what happens when climate science enters the courtroom.
When lives or properties are destroyed by floods, storms, or wildfires, can and should anybody be held to account? Historically, these events have often been considered as 'acts of God' - unpredictable, unavoidable and beyond human control. But does this reflect today's world, where anthropogenic climate change is making weather and climate extremes more severe and more frequent? In this film, produced in association with the 2025 Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit, we explore what happens when climate science enters the courtroom.
