Supreme Court Refuses to Revive Youths’ Climate-Change Lawsuit March 25, 2025 By Greg Stohr The US Supreme Court refused to reinstate a novel and far-reaching lawsuit filed by young people who sought to force...
Update: Shell Wins Appeal Against Landmark Dutch Climate Ruling November 12, 2024 By Stephanie van den Berg, Bart H. Meijer and Ron Bousso Oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday won an appeal against a landmark ruling that required it to accelerate carbon...
Lawsuits Targeting ‘Climate Washing’ Becoming More Frequent June 28, 2024 By Katharine Gemmell and Karin Matussek Companies accused of misrepresenting their progress on tackling climate change are increasingly finding themselves the target of litigants, as activist...
Climate Lawsuits Build as Latin American Court Hears Largest Case Ever May 30, 2024 By Jake Spring Latin America’s human rights court holds a final hearing in Brazil on Wednesday in a case that’s part of a...
Climate Court Cases That Could Set New Precedents Around the World May 23, 2024 By Jake Spring Courts around the world are hearing an ever-growing number of climate change lawsuits with some of the largest cases in...
Youth, Environmental Groups Sue Maine to Force Action on Climate April 25, 2024 By Patrick Whittle A youth organization and a pair of environmental groups are suing the state of Maine to try to force the...
Climate Verdict for Swiss Women a Warning for European States, Oil Industry April 12, 2024 By Gloria Dickie, Kate Abnett and Alison Withers Governments and companies that are lax on climate action should be worried since this week’s European human rights court ruling...
Takeaways From the Swiss Women’s Climate Victory April 10, 2024 By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett The European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of more than 2,000 Swiss women on Tuesday, affirming their argument...
Swiss Women Win Big in Landmark Climate Case. Where Do US Climate Cases Stand? April 10, 2024 By Clark Mindock A landmark climate change ruling from the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday found that the Swiss government had...
Update: Swiss Women Win Landmark Climate Victory at Human Rights Court April 9, 2024 By Gloria Dickie, Kate Abnett and Christian Levaux Europe’s top human rights court ruled on Tuesday that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens...