Focus on ‘Greenwashing’ Claims in New Year of Climate Litigation

While U.S. climate liability cases inch forward in procedural battles, experts are watching the horizon for novel “greenwashing” and human rights claims to expand the climate litigation landscape in 2022.

“I expect we will see new forms of climate litigation arise soon, both in terms of the classes of defendants targeted and the theories of liability pursue,” Yale Law School professor Doug Kysar told Bloomberg Law.

Lawyers and court watchers predict a rise in misleading or false advertising allegations around climate pledges, financial disclosure cases, and claims against industry and governments over their emission pledges.

These kinds of challenges have ...