Climate Liability Suits

Big Oil Accountability Lawsuits - Center for Climate Integrity

Communities taking Big Oil to court to hold companies accountable and make polluters pay.

Explains the legal strategies behind recent climate change lawsuits, how the law could be used to protect those most vulnerable to climate disasters.

Climate Lawsuits Are On The Rise. This Is What They're Based On.

The Sabin/UN report projects that as responsibility for climate impacts becomes clearer, fossil fuel companies will continue to file “backlash” cases.

Climate Liability Suits: Is There a Path to Federal Court?

... legal issues related to removal of climate liability suits and considerations for. Congress. Climate Change Liability Lawsuits. Beginning in ...

Big Oil in Court - The latest trends in climate litigation against fossil ...

86 climate lawsuits have been filed against the world's largest oil, gas, and coal producing corporations – including BP, Chevron, Eni, ...

Climate Lawsuits Are Exploding. Are Homicide Charges Next?

About 40 percent of the lawsuits examined by the group sought compensation for climate-related damage to the environment or communities. Others ...

U.S. Climate Change Litigation

U.S. Climate Change Litigation · Federal Statutory Claims · Clean Air Act[219 Cases] · Constitutional Claims · Commerce Clause[29 Cases] · State Law Claims · Common ...

Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate ...

Collectively, these cases are known as climate liability cases or climate deception cases ... climate liability suits should be remanded to state ...

Tracking the Lawsuits Fighting for Climate Accountability - DeSmog

DeSmog is covering important developments in climate accountability lawsuits, both in the US and internationally. Watch this space for updates.

Are lawsuits effective ways to protect the climate and environment?

Lawsuits targeting specific projects, like pipelines, have shown promise from the perspective of those looking to curb fossil fuel production ...

Supreme Court Receives Filings with Key Implications for Climate ...

Such suits have proliferated in recent years: several dozen active cases assert state tort law claims—like nuisance, trespass, and strict ...

We Can't Sue Our Way to a Stable Climate | The Breakthrough Institute

The first and most prominent of all climate lawsuits, Juliana vs. United States, alleged on constitutional grounds that federal policy has ...

Climate litigation more than doubles in five years, now a key tool in ...

The total number of climate change cases has more than doubled since a first report on the issue, from 884 in 2017 to 2,180 in 2022. While most ...

Climate activists end 2023 with major court wins - E&E News

While the Supreme Court's order against the fossil fuel industry this year helped climate liability lawsuits advance in state courts — where ...

Top 5 climate-related liability issues that your board should consider

With the spread of climate litigation claims, and with increasing focus on governance, strategy and risk oversight within emerging ...

Climate Change Litigation Databases - Sabin Center for Climate ...

This site provides two databases of climate change caselaw. The Global database includes all cases except those in the US.

Fossil fuel allies ramp up calls for Supreme Court to crush climate ...

Each has only a small chance of being reviewed by the justices. The Supreme Court has gotten involved in the climate liability cases once before ...

Climate Change Litigation: Corporates At Risk - Cleary Gottlieb

In addition to claims against corporations and parent entities, board of directors are unlikely to escape scrutiny. The number of climate claims brought against ...

Investors are 'flying blind' to risk of climate lawsuits

Polluting companies could be liable for trillions in damages from climate lawsuits. But few investors and regulators are taking these risks ...

Civil Liability and Litigation Risks Associated with Climate Change

According to the 2020 United Nations Environment Program Report, 884 climate lawsuits were filed in 24 countries in 2017 and 1,550 lawsuits were ...