Courtrooms: a growing arena in the climate fight
The Peninsula
United Nations, United States: The battle against climate change is increasingly being fought in the courtroom, as national governments, specific laws...
United Nations, United States: The battle against climate change is increasingly being fought in the courtroom, as national governments, specific laws and individual companies are targeted over their role in the crisis -- sometimes successfully.
On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, its first such ruling against a state on the subject, after a women's association mounted a legal challenge.
Here is some key background and analyst commentary on climate lawsuits around the world:
An explosion of lawsuits
The number of court cases linked to climate change doubled between 2017 and 2022, according to the UN Environment Programme and Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.
