Category: Resources
British public supports urgent action and litigation on climate change – poll reveals | ClientEarth
A groundbreaking new ClientEarth opinion poll reveals that the British public wants urgent action on climate change. Source: British public supports urgent action and litigation on climate change –...
Study: Successful climate change suits skirt the climate issue
A study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, identifies plaintiffs trying to affect climate policy through the courts are more successful in cases involving renewable energy and improving energy efficiency, rather...
The Status of Climate Change Litigation – A Global Review – Commissioned by UNEP
Published in may 2017 this is a good entry point for the lay person interested in understanding the field of climate litigation. it details the importance of, and the...
Climate Change Laws of the World Database – Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
The climate change Laws of the World database builds on several years of data collection by both the Grantham Research Institute and the Sabin Center, including the collaboration of...
CLIMATE JUSTICE: The international momentum towards climate litigation
This book, funded by the Heinrich Boell Foundation and published in 2016, is a key document for people interested in understanding the field of climate litigation. It sets climate...
Revolution Justified, a book by Roger Cox
Revolution Justified is a non-fiction work that leaves no room for reassuring doubt or denial about the grave dangers of runaway climate change and the perpetual failure of politics...
Trends in Climate Change Legislation
A really important book from Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change on trends in climate change litigation. Part 1 is essential reading for anybody interested in finding out more on...
Global trends in climate change legislation and litigation: 2018 snapshot
The Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment global trends summary from 2018 This brief summarises the most recent trends in climate change litigation and legislation, now...
Climate Change Litigation Databases – Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law provides two comprehensive databases of climate change caselaw – US Climate Change Litigation and Non-US Litigation. Source: Climate Change Litigation Databases –...
Why there’s a moral duty to sue our government over climate change
Open Democracy article available here
Plan B litigation strategy for 1.5 or ‘well below’ 2C
Plan B litigation strategy for 1.5 or ‘well below’ 2C available here
Plan B serves UK Government notice of legal action over their climate inaction
Press release available here Full text of the letter available here Former Chief Scientist backs Plan B Legal Action. Article in the Independent available here
Non US Climate Change Litigation Chart
Available here
US Climate Change Litigation Chart
Available here