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Nucifora v. Valuer-General

Country/Territory
Australia
Date
May 1, 2013
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Court name
Land Court
Seat of court
Queensland
Reference number
[2013] QLC 19 (Australia)
Abstract
Nucifora appealed a land valuation in an Australia state court asserting that the land was overvalued because it did not take into account permanent changes in weather patterns due to climate change. The judge dismissed the appeal, finding that Nucifora had failed show that the farm was permanently devalued as a result of climate change. In its reasoning, the court noted that "climate change is “still a subject of considerable public debate.”

Key environmental legal questions:

To challenge land valuation that did not take into account the impacts of climate change
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