Tessa Khan

Khan has argued that national governments have knowingly profited from raising carbon dioxide levels and caused damage to the environment, including as part of the globally important precedent Climate Case Ireland.

Inspired by the case, Khan moved to London to join Urgenda Foundation's legal team in 2016.

[5] It handles cases around the world, including Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, and South Korea.

[5] She supported cases in The Netherlands and Ireland that successfully challenged the adequacy of government plans to reduce emissions.

[3] Khan, writing in The Guardian in July 2024, says that wealthy governments that position themselves as climate leaders — namely the US, Canada, Australia, Norway and the UK — are as culpable for climate damage as the petrostates by continuing to refuse to abandon new oil and gas projects within their borders.