Topic
Climate Litigation
42 published works
Global Regulation Tomorrow
NGFS reports on nature-related risks
By Haney Saadah, Simon Lovegrove (UK)
On 2 July 2024, the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published two complementary reports on nature-related risks: Nature-related litigation: Emerging trends and lessons learned from climate-related litigation. This…
UK Human Rights Blog
The Weekly Round-up: Russian human rights abuses in Ukraine, climate litigation on the rise, Assange pleads guilty and goes free
In UK news Julian Assange has been released from HM Prison Belmarsh after accepting a plea deal with American prosecutors. Assange pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to violate…
Litigation Finance Journal
A Funder’s Perspective on Climate Litigation
By John Freund
Although ESG investing is often viewed as a buzzword that lacks specificity and defined guidelines, it is clear that litigation funders have a growing appetite for lawsuits that tackle climate…
Eye on ESG
A Wrap-Up of Recent UK Climate Change Litigation
By Michael Hutchinson, Tim Baines, Airlie Goodman
Most UK climate litigation concerns challenges to the decisions of public authorities on projects with environmental effects or policies being adopted by Government that can have significant impacts on the…
Litigation Finance Journal
The Pivotal Role of Funding for Climate Litigation
By John Freund
Recent years have demonstrated that issues around climate change and environmental protection are becoming a more central part of decision-making for governments and businesses alike. However, for those individuals and…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
ECB speech addressing the risks of climate and environment-related litigation for the banking sector
By Haney Saadah, Simon Lovegrove (UK), Daniel Nevzat (UK)
On 4 September 2023, the European Central Bank (ECB) published the keynote speech, given by Frank Elderson, Member of the ECB Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the ECB Supervisory Board,…
Food Safety News
Beef should not be sold as ‘climate-friendly’ according to EWG petition
By Dan Flynn
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has petitioned USDA to prohibit beef producers like Tyson Foods from claiming their "climate-friendly" products and to require independent verification of all climate claims companies…
Eye on ESG
Climate litigation – the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment publishes its 2023 global trends in climate litigation report
By Airlie Goodman, Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, Findley Penn-Hughes, Oliver Williams
Climate-related litigation is increasingly being used as a tool to hold private and public sector actors to account over their contributions to climate change. According to the Grantham Institute's 2023…
Health Law Prof Blog
Women’s Health Rights can Guide International Climate Litigation: KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland before the European Court of Human Rights
Hannah van Kolfschooten (University of Amsterdam), Angela Hefti (Harvard Universtiy), Women’s Health Rights can Guide International Climate Litigation: KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland before the European Court of Human Rights, Health and…
Energy & the Law
CLIMATE LITIGATION UPDATE
You might recall our posts on litigation by states, counties, and cities blaming a host of calamities, real and imagined, past and future, on Big Oil. The producers tried their…