There have been a couple of major climate accountability stories over the past week that I want to bring you updates on.

First, the Carbon Major's report has been updated and it found that the world's top emitters have just

emitted more since the signing of the Paris Climate Accord in 2015.

Emissions have gotten even more concentrated in that time, too.

With only 57 fossil fuel and cement producers linked to 80% of global fossil CO2 emissions produced since the Paris Agreement was

signed. The report is now part of Influence Map which tracks lobbying

efforts to delay climate policy.

And I spoke with both longtime carbon majors author,

Richard Heedy, and influence map program manager,

Dan Van Acker about this update.

That updated report is sort of the perfect setup

for the other story we're gonna dig into today,

which is a historic ruling from the European Court of Human Rights.

The court ruled in favor of several older Swiss women who sued their government over its

weak climate commitments and lack of action on climate, arguing that it was violating their right to a

healthy environment. It's often referred to as the Swiss Granny's case and it's a

really big deal that they won. I've got Lucy Maxwell co-director of the Climate Litigation Network with me today to talk about that.

It's all coming up after this quick break. I'm Amy Westerfeld and this is drilled. Hi it's Amy here and I'm excited to tell you about a new podcast from

APM Studios and Western Sounds called Ripple. Such a good idea this show in the

aftermath of major disasters there is always a swarm of media

attention. The public is captivated by breaking news, there's coverage and controversy, and then the cameras and the public just move on.

But the stories are not finished.

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