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About 1,000 deaths in France attributable to heat wave. (www.politico.eu)
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[โ€“] essell@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In principle you're quite correct

The legal system, in most countries, was never designed to accommodate such a plan sadly.

You'll run into issues proving both forseeability and causation from specific acts to specific outcomes.

There's so many factors and an interdependent system, allocating burden is a challenge for a jury.

It can be done, it has been done in specific cases, but a general attribution of blame is going to struggle