climate lawsuits
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New Sabin Center Report Maps Climate Cases in the Global South
The report presents a comparison of climate litigation trends and identifies key patterns, challenges and opportunities.
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Montana Young People Have Won a Key Climate Case. What That Means—So Far.
A roundup of perspective on the United States’ first constitutional climate case.
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Climate Lawsuits Are On The Rise. This Is What They’re Based On.
A new report from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the United Nations says that climate litigation has more than doubled in the last five years, and is expected to continue to increase.
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Just Transition Litigation in Latin America: Sabin Center Launches New Report
Looking at 20 just transition lawsuits from Latin America, the report analyzes what arguments are being made and how those arguments have been received by the courts.
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Landmark Climate Change Lawsuit Moves Forward as German Judges Arrive in Peru
An Indigenous Peruvian farmer is suing one of Europe’s largest CO2 emitters, the German energy firm RWE AG, for the costs of protecting his town from flooding. The case is progressing again after delays from COVID-19, and court-appointed experts are evaluating the risk posed by the glacial lake.
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Advancements in Climate Rights in Courts Around the World
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia. v. EPA, rulings in other countries demonstrate that courts worldwide remain an important forum for potentially advancing climate rights.
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New Report on U.S. Climate Litigation in the Age of Trump
The new white paper takes stock of 378 U.S. climate cases that responded or interacted with federal policy and law during the Trump administration.
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German Court Sides With Youth Climate Activists to Safeguard Human Rights
The court ordered an expansion of the country’s carbon emissions law on the same day as an announcement that Germany’s glaciers could be gone in a decade.
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The Rights of Nature — Can an Ecosystem Bear Legal Rights?
And if rivers and lakes had rights, could that help in the fight against climate change?
