Climate activists no longer tilting at windmills after Dutch ruling

A ruling by the Dutch Supreme Court - that the country must press ahead with significant cuts in carbon emissions - could prove a breakthrough for climate activists, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

On New Year’s Eve, the city of Sydney went ahead with a A$6.5m (€4m) fireworks display while much of southern Australia burned, reducing many hundreds of properties to ashes and leaving scores of people dead.