The official account of the Climate Change Legal Initiative - we are on a mission to use the power of law to drive just and transformational climate action.
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Climate litigation is rising, targeting companies for climate impacts and disclosures.
Climate litigation can be costly and protracted. That’s why we are here. Learn more about our mission at: c2li.org/
#climatechange #climatecrisis
🌍Biden's Limits on LNG Exports: A Climate Conundrum: Recent actions by the Biden administration to temporarily pause LNG-export projects have stirred debate about their efficacy in addressing climate concerns. Read more at: economist.com/business/2024/…
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023 identifies climate inaction as the top threat of the next decade.Activists are increasingly turning to legal avenues to enforce faster transitions to net-zero emissions.🌎Check our mission: c2li.org/ #Climatechange
A recent study has uncovered a notable increase in #climate-related lawsuits targeting corporations. The mere act of filing such lawsuits has been found to significantly diminish company value, with adverse court rulings exacerbating the financial impact.
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Dutch Caribbean islanders are suing the Netherlands over its lack of action on climate change, highlighting the growing trend of climate litigation.
Islanders demand the Netherlands legally shield them from climate change's impact.
theguardian.com/environment/…
🌍 EU plans 90% greenhouse gas cut by 2040!
Major step toward a climate-neutral continent. Proposal aims for emissions just 10% of 1990 levels, pushing for a rapid shift to a clean economy.
link:theguardian.com/environment/…
#ClimateAction #climatechange #climatelitigation #europe
Enea, a Polish power company, is suing former board members over alleged lack of due diligence in coal plant investments.
This underscores the urgency for companies and regulators to assess climate-related legal risks. Read more at🔗:ir.enea.pl/en/pr/826484/conv…
New study from Oxford Sustainable Law Programme in Science underscores urgent need for including legal aspects, like climate litigation, in climate risk assessments. Despite growing financial risks, many remain unaware. Visit the link below to learn more: straitstimes.com/world/clima…
“The importance of litigation is not to turn one ship around but set a precedent so others don’t wait for it to happen to them” Zaneta Sedilekov #climatelitigation theguardian.com/environment/…
In June 2021, 5 Polish citizens took their government to court over its failure to protect them from the impacts of #climatechange. The first hearing for the case of Małgorzata Górska took place on May 11th, 2022. You can read their stories here clientearth.org/latest/lates…
There is a new global alliance of over 1500 civil society organisations supporting the new #ClimateJustice initiative of the Vanuatu Government who are seeking an #ICJ opinion pertaining to climate change impacts on present & future generation #HumanRights theguardian.com/world/2022/m…
Another historic decision on the responsibilities of transnational corporations has been made! #ClimateLitigation The full decision can be found here: chr.gov.ph/wp-content/upload…
JUST IN: The Commission on Human Rights has officially found legal grounds to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for acts to obfuscate climate science and says coal, oil, & gas should be kept in the ground.
This is a historic WIN for #ClimateJustice! ✊
#LetTheEarthBreathe
“The ICJ tends to deal with traditional public international law matters or maritime boundary cases…The Silala case is one of these few cases and it deals also with international water law, an area that I have been working on for many years” Prof.Sindico c2li.org/c2li-before-the-hig…
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So many great books from a great publisher by so many great scholars. And then, suddenly, comes your own...
#Humbled and #Happy to share with you my new book on #ClimateLitigation 😃⚖️🌍🌡️📗🎉🎉
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The @IPCC_CH WG3 Report is long, but note that #Climatelitigation is not only mentioned in the Summary for Policy Makers - there are over 2 pages on how litigation is shaping climate governance✨
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The new @IPCC_CH Assessment Report of Working Group 3 is out. It shows that we'll need to rely on courts to hold governments and companies to account, and ensure that they act in ways that are more consistent with the pledges they are making domestically and internationally.
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Our new article on ‘Standards for adjudicating the next generation of Urgenda-style climate cases’ is out.
Here’s a thread 🧵 with @SarahLeslieMead and @DennisvBerkel on why we think it’s important 👇
Link to the article at the end 😉
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Save the dates! Looking forward to moderate Panel 4 on Private Climate Litigation with experts from around the 🌍 link to register ⬇️
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Important 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 climate litigation developments in Brazil.
#climatelitigation 🇧🇷
On March 30, the Brazilian Supreme Court will hear seven cases, and all of them are environmental cases (two are litigation climate cases). The cases will be the first climate cases to receive a judgment by our Supreme Court!
blogs.law.columbia.edu/clima…
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📢Check out our first monthly update, as part of our Peer Review Network of Global #ClimateLitigation (bit.ly/3FdVkPC).
⚖️🌐This update highlights changes in our database: #climatecases added & updates to our existing cases: climate.law.columbia.edu/new… #FridayReads
