A court ruling expands the options for corporate accountability efforts against oil companies in France, and it may have repercussions in the US and elsewhere.
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The science behind Europe’s extreme heat is clear. The response isn’t.
This historic case could establish a legal link between human rights and fossil fuel exports.
A landmark climate case before the African Court asks what African states must do to protect human rights, phase out fossil fuels, and tackle climate change.
Calls for the Supreme Court to give fossil fuel companies immunity from liability for climate-related damage misreads the Constitution, precedent and the role of courts.
The law change will gut the capacity of tort law to hold greenhouse gas emitters and the government to account for climate harms.
The ruling stems from the harm island nations are suffering as sea level rises, and it opens a door for future claims for reparations. But getting to that point isn’t so simple.
The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in greenhouse gas emissions.
Countries have wide-ranging obligations to adequately tackle climate change, the International Court of Justice has found. Those who don’t could be legally liable.
Approaches vary in terms of who is filing the lawsuit, against whom and whether it is based on protecting human rights or the rights of the environment itself.
Two Traditional Owners from the Torres Strait Islands who took the Australian government to court over climate-related harms have lost their case.
Collecting the climate-related data will be a headache for most companies. And it will be overwhelming for readers.
Jim Chalmers, Andrew Leigh and Gavin Newsom are among the high-ranking politicians reading and sharing Abundance – a book that urges the left to reset its priorities.
The United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) will open in Nice, France on June 9, 2025. Will it help to consolidate a new international law of the oceans?
Dating back centuries, a legal principle declares certain natural resources must be protected by the government for present and future generations to benefit from.
The court is set to issue an advisory opinion on climate change.
A landmark legal ruling in Ontario could pave the way for greater government climate accountability in the province while setting an important precedent for the rest of the country.
Indigenous people’s concerns and considerations could provide a strong basis for climate litigation in South Africa.
Protestors’ actions are intentionally borderline but environmental defenders insist their actions are nothing compared to the risks that political inaction pose. Our expert explains.
Research shows that climate change had a significant effect on voting choices in the 2016 and 2020 elections – and could also influence the 2024 presidential race.
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Legal Researcher, PhD Candidate and Lead of the African Climate Law Programme, Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
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Philip H. Knight Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, King's College London
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PhD Candidate, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science, UCL
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Researcher at the Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Center, Potsdam and Research Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Sustainability Lawyer, Utrecht University
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Public International Law, Uppsala University
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Associate Professor in International, Environmental and Energy Law, Aalborg University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Huddersfield
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Jeffrey Bain Scholar & Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark