climate litigation

Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation, writes University of Oxford associate professor Benjamin Franta

Grantham Research Institute study confirms number of 'climate litigation' cases worldwide is rising year-on-year, with businesses in the crosshairs

Oceans charity says it stands ready to take government to court if it chooses to give green light to further drilling licenses

Campaigners set to argue new rules introduced in December discourage councils for aligning planning activity with Climate Change Act

Court rules in favour of campaigners, who argued plan relied too much on risky technologies and did not adequately consider risks of missing targets

Current frameworks for measuring climate-related financial risk are failing to properly assess litigation risks, researchers warn

As concerns about greenwashing a low-quality offsets mount, anti-corruption regulators must ramp up their focus on climate solutions, writes Grantham Research Institute's Tiffanie Chan

Climate liability issues continue to be underestimated by many businesses, despite a rapid expansion in litigation against directors, writes WTW's Angus Duncan

Report details increased diversity of climate litigation since Paris Agreement, leading to indirect impacts on corporate decision making regardless of courtroom success

A new report by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment predicts that upcoming changes to EU law could fill the courts with a new wave of climate litigation cases