Topic
Climate Litigation
42 published works
UK Human Rights Blog
Weekly Round-Up: Worldwide Protests, Climate Litigation and Human Rights in the Premier League
By Orry Moore
In the news The Illegal Migration Bill has drawn a wide range of criticism this week, including from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Council of Europe and…
Litigation Finance Journal
ESG Alert: Funders Pursuing Vast Opportunities in Climate Litigation
By John Freund
Many industry observers, surveys and reports have found that ESG litigation and particularly climate litigation will continue to grow as a dominant force in the legal landscape, and there will…
Allens Insights
(WIP) Insurance coverage for climate litigation
By Allens
Prepare for resistance in recovering the costs of climate-related litigation 8 min read In Australia and abroad, climate litigation filings are steadily increasing. In parallel, there is an emerging focus…
Eye on ESG
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment publishes its 2022 global trends in climate litigation report
By James Whitaker, Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, Mark G. Hanchet, Sam Eastwood, Oliver Williams
Litigation is increasingly being used as a means of advancing – or delaying – effective climate action. As discussed in our recent legal update on the Grantham Research Institute on…
Eye on ESG
Climate Litigation: private actors increasingly becoming the targets of claims
By Sam Eastwood, James Whitaker, Mark G. Hanchet, Oliver Williams
Climate-related litigation is increasingly being used as a tool to hold companies and governments to account over their contributions to climate change. According to the Grantham Institute's 2021 Global Trends…
Eye on ESG
Climate Litigation and the Brazilian Supreme Court: A Follow-Up on the “Green Agenda” and the Trial Sessions That Took Place in April and May
By Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, Gedham Gomes, Victor Rodrigues, Giovanna Silva
In a previous blog post that can be read here, we provided an overview on how - for the first time - the Brazilian Supreme Court had trial sessions scheduled…
Eye on ESG
Brazilian Supreme Court Climate Litigation Day: Justices to Decide Several Climate Litigation Cases on March 30
By Luiz Gustavo Bezerra, Gedham Gomes, Giovanna Silva
Amidst the recent uptrend of climate litigation cases in Brazil, the Brazilian Supreme Court has scheduled for March 30, 2022 a trial session covering several different lawsuits involving the protection…
EHS Law Insights
American Bar Association article on U.S. Climate Litigation Trends – 2021 update
By Jennifer A. Smokelin, Casey J. Snyder
In an article by Casey J. Snyder, Associate at Reed Smith, published by the American Bar Association, we highlighted key U.S. climate litigation trends from 2015-2020. This timeframe showed a general…
Litigation Finance Journal
Is Climate Litigation a New Frontier for Litigation Funding?
By John Freund
As the science becomes more definitive, climate-related lawsuits are growing in number and size. Since 2018, legal actions relating to climate change have almost doubled—at over 1,700 cases globally. Thus…
Law & The Environment
California Climate Nuisance Cases Will Also Be Heard In State Court (I Think)
By Seth Jaffe
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued two rulings that, combined with the recent 4th Circuit ruling in the Baltimore case, makes it more likely that state and local…