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Grand Chamber rulings in the climate change cases
2024-04-09 (or before) in echr.coe.intThe case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland concerned a complaint by four women and a Swiss association, Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz, whose members are concerned about the consequences of global warming on their living conditions and health. They consider that the Swiss authorities are not taking sufficient action to mitigate the effects of climate change. The Court found that the Convention encompasses a right to effective protection by the State authorities from the serious adverse effects of climate change on lives, health, well-being and quality of life. However, it held that the four individual ap...
Tagged under: European Union | Litigation | Activism
ExxonMobil is suing investors who want faster climate action
2024-02-29 in NPRThe oil and gas giant is suing investor groups that want it to slash climate pollution. Interest groups on both sides of the case say it could lead to more lawsuits against activist investors.
Tagged under: Litigation | Exxon | Activism
'A damning indictment': Lord Deben intervenes in High Court legal challenge against government climate plans
2024-02-21 in Business GreenConservative peer and former chair of the Climate Change Committee submits witness statement in support of legal action accusing government of breaching Climate Change Act
Tagged under: Litigation | UK Politics | Net Zero
How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries - Inside Climate News
2024-01-14 by in Inside Climate NewsA case in point: When Ecuador placed a windfall tax on foreign oil operations, French and U.S. companies filed claims—and were awarded more than $800 million.
Tagged under: Colonialism | Litigation | France
ECEC 2023 | Alison McDermott's Courageous Whistleblower Journey at Sellafield Nuclear Site
2023-12-18 (or before) in YouTubeIn a sobering session at the ECEC 2023, whistleblower Alison McDermott spoke to Katy Diggory about the horrendous abuse and litigation she faced after speaki...
Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Litigation
Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea
2023-11-09 in The GuardianEnergy firm’s lawsuit seeks indefinite block on protesters targeting its infrastructure
Tagged under: Litigation | Activism | Fossil Fuels | Greenpeace | Shell
Climate Cases
2023-10-06 (or before) in Drilled NewsTagged under: Litigation
Clifford Chance | Energy in transition – The role of decommissioning
2023-09-27 (or before) in Clifford Chance | International Law Firm | Global Law ExpertsDecommissioning is an integral part of the energy transition. The move by oil & gas companies to decarbonise their operations often leads to a transfer of their ageing assets to new, and often under-resourced, players. This can create opportunities but is also fraught with complexities and challenges for both outgoing and incoming operators.In this extract from a recent webinar, our experts discuss the risks arising in decommissioning operations, offer suggestions on how to mitigate and manage those risks, and identify key factors for any robust decommissioning strategy.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation | Finance
Global trends in climate change litigation: 2023 snapshot - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
2023-08-30 (or before) in London School of EconomicsThis report, the fifth in our annual series, reviews key global developments in climate change litigation with a focus on the period May 2022 to May 2023.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
Modelling Climate Litigation Risk for (Re)Insurers
2023-08-30 (or before) by in Columbia Law SchoolIn response to the growing threat of climate change, the insurance industry has made significant investments in modelling and quantifying physical climate risks. However, the emerging risk of climate litigation has proven particularly difficult to model. In 2015 Mark Carney, then-Governor of the Bank of England and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, warned that climate litigation poses “long-tail risks” for insurers that may be “significant, uncertain and non-linear.” Since that warning, the number of climate-related cases has more than doubled, and the scope and financial significance of climate ...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Insurance | Litigation | Finance
Remarks by Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Graham Steele at Event Hosted by the Brookings Institution's Assessing Insurance Regulation and Supervision of Climate-Related Financial Risk
2023-08-29 (or before) in home.treasury.govAs Prepared for Delivery Introduction Thank you, Carlos. It is my pleasure to be with you all today, both those in the room and watching virtually. As the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, my portfolio includes developing the Department’s policy views on banks, credit unions, consumer protection, access to capital, and financial sector cybersecurity matters. My remarks will focus on the work that Treasury, through the Federal Insurance office (FIO), is doing to understand and help address the financial risks that our changing climate poses in the insurance sector. Work on climate-related financial...
Tagged under: Drought | Finance | Climate Change | Housing | Insurance | Litigation | Economic Growth | California | Climate Change Impacts | Wildfires | Florida | Climate Change Mitigation
Montana’s landmark climate ruling: three key takeaways
2023-08-20 in The GuardianA judge last week ruled the young plaintiffs have the right to a clean environment – and experts say this changed the climate litigation landscape
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
Climate Lawsuits Are Becoming Key Driver of Change as Courts Tie Policy to Human Rights
2023-07-27 in Common DreamsA growing percentage of litigation has been filed in the Global South, with plaintiffs arguing they have a right to adequate climate policy.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Entities and Enablers for Contributing to Deadly 2021 Heatwave
2023-06-22 by in DeSmogMajor fossil fuel entities and trade associations including Koch Industries, the American Petroleum Institute, and the Western States Petroleum Association, as well as consulting behemoth McKinsey & Company, were slapped with the latest climate liability lawsuit today with the filing of a complaint in the Oregon Circuit Court in Multnomah County, Oregon. The northwestern Oregon […]
Tagged under: Oregon | Litigation
Global trends in climate change litigation: 2022 snapshot - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
2023-06-07 (or before) in London School of EconomicsThis latest edition of our annual report on global trends in climate change litigation takes stock of developments over the period May 2021 to May 2022, and draws on a number of recent case studies from around the world. It also identifies areas where climate litigation cases are likely to increase in the future.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
U.S. Climate Change Litigation - Climate Change Litigation
2023-06-07 (or before) in Climate Change Litigation Databases - Sabin Center for Climate Change LawCases in the U.S. database are organized by type of claim and may be filtered by the principal laws they address, their filing years, and their jurisdictions. The database is also searchable by keyword. In many cases, the database includes links to decisions, complaints, motions, and other administrative and litigation documents. To browse by claim […]
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
Climate and Environmental Justice | Doughty Street Chambers
2023-06-06 (or before) in doughtystreet.co.ukDoughty Street’s Climate and Environmental Justice team brings together barristers from across a range of Chambers’ core practice areas, pooling existing specialisms to respond comprehensively to a crisis which is global, multifaceted and complex. The climate and ecological emergency is profoundly influencing the application and understanding of existing legal norms, and Doughty Street’s CEJ team is well placed to advise and act in climate litigation domestically and abroad.
Tagged under: Litigation | Climate Justice
Impacts of climate litigation on firm value - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
2023-05-23 (or before) in London School of EconomicsThis working paper finds that climate litigation is a relevant financial risk, presenting evidence that litigation reduces firm value.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation | Climate Change Impacts
Big polluters’ share prices fall after climate lawsuits, study finds
2023-05-22 in The GuardianExclusive: Fossil fuel companies register drop in value after litigation or unfavourable judgments
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Litigation
The UCS Science Hub for Climate Litigation
2023-04-25 (or before) in Union of Concerned ScientistsWe're connecting scientific experts, legal scholars, and practitioners working at the intersection of science and climate litigation.
Tagged under: Litigation
‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance
2023-04-25 in The GuardianCities bringing climate litigation against oil majors welcome US supreme court’s decision to rebuff appeal to move cases to federal courts
Tagged under: Exxon | Fossil Fuels | Litigation
Do-Hyun Kim et al. v. South Korea - Climate Change Litigation
2023-03-20 (or before) in Climate Laws - Climate Change Laws of the WorldTagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
The Supreme Court Declares War On The Environment | Climate Town
2023-03-14 (or before) in YouTubeIs the plan to buy more air? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ClimateTownsUbScRiBe FoR mOrE ViDeOs: https://www.youtube.com/c/climatetown?sub_confirmation=1C...
Tagged under: Environmental Protection Agency USA | Litigation | USA | Cars
Legal eagles: how climate litigation is shaping ambitious cases for nature
2022-03-16 in The GuardianEnvironmental lawsuits are nothing new but now lawyers are turning their attention to cases that address the loss of biodiversity
Tagged under: Wildlife | Litigation | Wetlands
Climate change litigation cases spreading around the world - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
2021-11-26 (or before) in London School of EconomicsClimate change litigation cases have been increasing markedly over the past six years, and pose a risk to an expanding range of companies and policymakers, according to a new report published today (Friday 2 July 2021) by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Economics | Litigation
Global trends in climate litigation: 2021 snapshot - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
2021-11-26 (or before) in London School of EconomicsThis is the third report in the Grantham Research Institute's 'Global trends in climate litigation' series, focusing on cases filed or concluded between May 2020 and May 2021. It provides an update of known case numbers, metrics and categorisations, and considers some of the most relevant trends in the arguments and strategies employed by litigants.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
Court Blocks a Vast Alaskan Drilling Project, Citing Climate Dangers
2021-08-19 in The New York TimesTagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Litigation | Alaska
Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation - Nature Climate Change
2021-07-01 (or before) in NatureLegal cases to force governments to reduce emissions or to pursue compensation for climate change-related losses are increasing. The scientific evidence used in such cases is found to be lagging behind state-of-the-art climate science; using up-to-date methodologies could improve causation claims.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
New climate science could cause wave of litigation against businesses – study
2021-06-28 in The GuardianExperts say scientific advances are making it easier to attribute the damages of climate breakdown to companies’ activities
Tagged under: Litigation
Wyoming stands up for coal with threat to sue states that refuse to buy it
2021-05-07 in The GuardianRepublican governor says measure sends message that Wyoming is ‘prepared to bring litigation to protect her interests’
Tagged under: Coal | Fossil Fuels | Litigation
Assessing the impact of climate litigation - Alliance magazine
2021-03-03 in Alliance magazine - The only philanthropy magazine with a global focus1,587 climate litigation cases were brought between 1986 and 2020 according to LSE’s Grantham Institute and the recent UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report: 2020 Status Review found that climate cases have nearly doubled over the …
Tagged under: Litigation
Australia students launch class action to prevent coal mine approval | Reuters
2021-03-02 (or before) in ReutersEight young Australian students have brought a class action in the country's federal court seeking an injunction to prevent government approval of a coal project, lawyers representing the claimants said on Wednesday.
Tagged under: Coal | Climate Change | Litigation | Climate Justice
Exxon Turns to Academia to Try to Discredit Harvard Research - Inside Climate News
2020-10-20 in Inside Climate NewsExxonMobil is not known for its acquiescence—tenacious litigation and well-funded advertising are the oil giant’s favored methods for trying to swat away opponents. And in the latest flare-up in an ongoing battle between the company and two Harvard researchers, Exxon has now turned to the pages of an academic journal to continue its relentless self-defense. […]
Tagged under: Exxon | Litigation
Tessa Khan: ‘Litigation is a powerful tool in the environmental crisis’
2020-08-16 in The GuardianWhen a court in the Netherlands ruled its government’s actions unlawful, it inspired others to hold big polluters to account
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Litigation
Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government (Published 2020)
2020-01-17 in The New York TimesTwo of three judges on the panel said that climate change was an issue for lawmakers, not the courts.
Tagged under: Activism | USA | Litigation | Climate Change
Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government (Published 2020)
2020-01-17 in The New York TimesTagged under: Climate Change | Litigation
Federal judge blocks North Carolina's voter ID law, citing its discriminatory intent
2020-01-01 by Sam Levine in The GuardianThe decision could have a big impact in a state that is key to the 2020 presidential election
Tagged under: Democracy | Litigation | US Politics
Big Oil on Trial: Where the Climate Lawsuits Currently Stand
2019-12-09 (or before) in Greentech Media | Clean Tech & Renewable Energy NewsTagged under: Oil Industry | Litigation
Greta Thunberg, 15 kids file UN complaint to force nations to fight climate change
2019-09-23 in Climate Liability Newsprint By Karen Savage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and 15 other young people from around the world have filed a human rights complaint against five countries for continuing to promote fossil fuels and failing to reduce carbon emissions. The group has asked the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to …
Tagged under: Children | Litigation | Climate Change | United Nations | Greta Thunberg | Activism
Rhode Island Judge Ignores 'Huge Benefits' of Fossil Fuels - EID Climate – A Project of IPAA
2019-07-26 in EID Climate Ð A Project of IPAACompared to his peers who have judged similar climate litigation cases across the country, Judge Smith’s ruling was uncommon.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Litigation
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