Are the courts the best way to stop the climate crisis? One humble tree stands tall at the centre of a global struggle for a greener world. But can the law really protect us from mankind’s greatest threat?
Lawyers fight to save Chester the tree
Rooting for change: A 150-year-old tree (pictured above) has become the focus of a community fight against plans by a developer to construct a 14-storey luxury apartment block on the site of a former nightclub. Glossary
London Plane - London's most common tree, it is a cross between an American sycamore and an Oriental plane.
Trailblazer - The first to do something.
Litigation - The process of taking legal action.
Indigenous - Ethnic groups who are the original or earliest-known inhabitants of an area or country: for example, Native Americans in the USA.
Entities - Things with distinct and independent existence.
Greenhouse gas - Gases in the Earth's atmosphere that trap heat, contributing to global warming. Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapour are all greenhouse gases.
Existential - Relating to the state of human existence. Existential dread can refer to grappling with your own experiences of responsibility and death.