Climate litigation against companies is on the rise according to analysis published recently by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 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 associations since 2015, with more than two thirds filed since 2020. The authors define these cases as examples of strategic litigation which appears to seek to advance a broader climate action agenda. Historically,…
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