Global Climate Litigation Set Sights on Government, Industry

While the US Supreme Court in 2022 trimmed executive authority over broad-reaching climate regulation, legal bodies around the world ruled in favor of plaintiffs looking to hold industry and officials accountable for greenhouse gas mitigation.

Companies and governments have been facing steadily moving constitutional climate lawsuits in courts across the globe, highlighting the growing influence of human rights law in global warming cases.

International courts are often better suited to address climate liability claims than in the US, due to legally binding human rights frameworks and newer constitutions with baked-in environmental rights.

Forty-seven new cases were ...