The Shocking Exploitation of Children in Climate Litigation

Season 5, Episode 13 – Canadian Climate Lawfare

Conversation with Andrew Roman

On today’s episode, Dr. Tammy Nemeth speaks with AndrewRoman, a retired litigation lawyer with almost 50 years of experience in environmental, electricity, competition, and constitutional issues in Canada. We’re going to be talking about climate litigation and Canadian energy and climate policy.

You can find Andrew Roman’s blog at: https://andrewromanviews.blog/

Here are links to the articles we discussed:

“The Children’s Lawsuit Against Ontario’s CO2 EmissionsTargets”

https://c2cjournal.ca/2025/08/the-childrens-lawsuit-against-ontarios-co2-emissions-targets/

“The Children’s Carbon Charter Challenge Rolls On”

https://financialpost.com/opinion/childrens-carbon-charter-challenge-rolls-on?itm_source=opinion

“Andrew Roman on Pipeline Online Talking about ClimateActivist Litigation Using Children”

https://pipelineonline.ca/pipeline-online-podcast-ep-17-andrew-roman-climate-activist-litigation-using-children-and-the-charter/#/?playlistId=0&videoId=0

“Supreme Court Screw-Up: How Canada’s Highest Court GotClimate Change Wrong”

https://c2cjournal.ca/2025/01/supreme-screw-up-how-canadas-highest-court-got-climate-change-wrong/

“The Enviro-Vigilantes Are Coming”

https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-the-enviro-vigilantes-are-coming

“The Supreme Court Was Wrong on Climate Change”

https://andrewromanviews.blog/2025/02/08/the-supreme-court-was-wrong-on-climate-change/

“June 20th is Vigilante Day in Canada”

https://andrewromanviews.blog/2025/04/24/june-20th-is-vigilante-day-in-canada/comment-page-1/

“Carney Government Could Face Legal Challenges on Climate”

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/news/carney-legal-challenges-climate

“Can State Courts Set Global Climate Policy?”

https://fedsoc.org/events/can-state-courts-set-global-climate-policy

“Greenpeace Wants EU to Re-Write American Law”

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/16/greenpeace-wants-europe-to-rewrite-american-law/

“The ICJ’s landmark climate opinion is a turning pointCanada can't ignore”

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/25/opinion/international-criminal-court-landmark-climate-ruling-consequences