‘Attribution Science’ May Help Plaintiffs Push Climate Suits Ahead September 23, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane Although a U.S. Supreme Court decision put an end to climate lawsuits alleging violations of the federal common law of...
Is Climate Litigation Covered by Insurance? September 23, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane Federal or state court? How will attribution science impact climate litigation? The questions aren’t the only ones of interest to...
Social Inflation or Science: What Is Fueling Climate Litigation? September 23, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane A rising amount of litigation tied to the environmental and health impacts of greenhouse gas emissions prompted a question from...
Analysis of German Activists’ Climate Lawsuit Against BMW and Daimler September 21, 2021 By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN – German activists have filed a lawsuit against automakers BMW and Daimler for refusing to tighten carbon emissions goals,...
After Dutch Ruling Against Energy Company, Focus Turns to U.S. Climate Lawsuits May 27, 2021 By Sebastien Malo A landmark ruling on Wednesday by a Dutch court ordering Royal Dutch Shell to drastically cut its planned greenhouse gas...
Climate Litigation Cases Booming After Paris Agreement – Often Led by Young Activists May 17, 2021 By Laura Millan Whatsapp chat rooms and Telegram channels across Germany lit up in the early hours of April 29. Young people frantically...
Shell Fights Landmark Case Alleging Its Climate Change Stance Harms Human Rights December 17, 2020 By Laura Hurst and Diederik Baazil Royal Dutch Shell Plc is in court in The Hague for the final hearing in a landmark case that could...
Shell Faces Climate Change Lawsuit in Dutch Court December 1, 2020 By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM – Environmental activists took Royal Dutch Shell to court on Tuesday, demanding the energy firm drastically reduce the production...
Australian Pension Fund Agrees to Settle Landmark Climate Risk Litigation November 2, 2020 By Swati Pandey SYDNEY — One of Australia’s largest pension funds on Monday agreed to settle a landmark climate risk litigation filed by...
Climate Change Litigants Argue Human Rights, Consumer Harm in Suing Oil Firms July 6, 2020 By Matthew Green, Valerie Volcovici and Emma Farge LONDON/WASHINGTON/GENEVA — Climate change may be having its day in court. With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers...