current status of global climate litigation cases

This report due to launch on 18 September 2025, which updates previous United Nations Environment Programme reports published in 2017, 2020 and 2023, provides an overview of the cu...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is already being cited in courtrooms, as lawyers say it streng...

Climate litigation cases, including those challenging fossil fuel projects, are increasingly reaching supreme courts and constitutional courts across the world.

A London School of Economics report highlights increasing risks for governments and companies as climate litigation proliferates globally and top courts increasingly side with clai...

Indonesian islanders sue Holcim in landmark climate case, signaling new era of corporate liability. All industries now face legal risk.

Climate litigation is growing in complexity and being leveraged in ways to both advance and stymie climate action, according to a new analysis on the state of global climate lawsui...

In the two years since our last climate litigation update, the prevalence and variety of global climate litigation around the world has continued to increase.

Climate Change is sparking a litigation boom across the globe—both to advance and delay action on climate change—with nearly 70 percent of cases playing out in U.S. courts, a repor...

The report ‘Global trends in climate change litigation: 2024 snapshot’ points out that about 230 climate-aligned lawsuits have been initiated against corporations and trade associa...

A new global study has found that the number of lawsuits involving climate change has tripled since 2014, with the United States leading the way. Researchers identified 654 U.S. la...

Courts around the world are hearing an ever-growing number of climate-change lawsuits with some of the largest cases in history being decided in 2024 and 2025.

The United Nations' top court next week begins hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the consequences for states of contributing to global warmi...


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