FoE files appeal against High Court ruling on NAP3

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Friends of the Earth (FoE), along with co-claimants, Doug Paulley and Kevin Jordan, have filed an appeal against the High Court's October 2024 decision, which dismissed their legal challenge to the UK government's National Adaptation Programme 3 (NAP3). They contend that the judge erred in ruling that non-specific and unmeasurable adaptation objectives could be lawfully established under the Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA 2008). They also argue that a risk assessment for potential policy and plan failures was not legally required. The co-claimants assert that their human rights were violated during the plan's development, particularly due to the exclusion of marginalised groups from the decision-making process. The court is expected to decide whether to allow the appeal within the next 2-3 months.