Finance

A 23-Year-Old Is Suing Australia Over Climate Risk in Bonds

  • Law student claims Treasury is misleading debt investors
  • Case comes amid growing wave of climate litigation worldwide

     

Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
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The Australian government is defending a class-action lawsuit that claims it’s misleading investors by failing to disclose the impact of climate risk in its bonds.