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Arjuna Dibley, Head of Sustainable Finance Hub, The University of Melbourne

How one student forced the government to admit the economic risks of climate change

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 because the government failed to disclose how climate change might impact their investments.

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