Name: Litigating the Climate Emergency
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Author: César Rodríguez-Garavito
ISBN: 9781009102155

Litigating the Climate Emergency

César Rodríguez-Garavito

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 oct 2023

This book examines climate change lawsuits that are based on human rights law. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal doctrines, effects, and strategies associated with this kind of litigation, equipping readers with a global and interdisciplinary understanding of this type of legal action.

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Part I. Litigating the Climate Emergency: 1. The Global Rise of Right-Based Litigation for Climate Action, César Rodríguez-Garavito; 2. The Social and Political Life of Human Rights Climate Change Litigation: Mobilizing the Law to Address the Climate Crisis, Lisa Vanhal; Part II. Legal Strategy in Rights-Based Climate Litigation: 3. Thinking Strategically About Climate Litigation, Ben Batros and Tessa Khan; 4. The Quest for Butterfly Climate Adjudication, Catalina Vallejo and Siri Gloppe; 5. Climate Litigation Through an Equality Lens, James Goldston; 6. Two Reputed Allis: Reconciling Climate Justice and Litigation in the Global South, Juan Auz; 7. Staying within Atmospheric and Judicial Limits: Core Principles for Assessing Whether State Action on Climate Change Complies with Human Rights, Sophie Marjanac and Sam Hunter Jones; 8. Litmus Tests as Tools for Tribunals to Assess State Human Rights Obligations to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Ashfaz Khalfan; 9. The Farmer or the Hero? Modes of Climate Litigation in the Global South, Jolene Lin and Jacqueline Peel; 10. The Impacts of High Profile Litigation Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies, Joana Setzer; Part III. Beyond The Law; Science and Narratives in Rights-Based Climate Litigation: 11. Climate Science and Human Rights: Using Attribution Science to Frame Government Mitigation and Adaptation Obligations, Michael Burger, Jessica Wentz, and Daniel Metzger; 12. The Evolution of Corporate Accountability for Climate Change, Richard Heede; 13. Providing Evidence Gap to Support Strategic Climate Enforcement and Litigation, Reinhold Gallmetzer; 14. The Case for Climate Visuals in the Courtroom: The Case for Urgent and Creative Action, Kelly Matheson; 15. The Story of our Lives: Narrative Change Strategies in Climate Litigation, Laura Gyte, Violeta Barrera, and Lucy Singer; Part IV. The Climate Emergency on Trial: Human Rights and Climate Litigation around the World; 16. Courts, Climate Action, and Human Rights: Lessons from the Friends of the Irish Environmnet v. Ireland Case, Victoria Adelmant, Philip Alston, and Matthew Blainey; 17. Closing the Supply-Side Accountability Gap Through Climate Litigation, Michelle Jonker-Argueta; 18. Climate Litigation Before International Tribunals: The Six Portuguese Youth v. 33 Governments of Europe Case Before the European Court of Human Rights, Gerry Liston and Paul Clark; 19. Is There a Brazilian Approach to Climate Litigation? The Climate Crisis, Political Instability and Litigation Possibilities in Brazil, Julia Neiva and Gabriel Mantelli; 20. Climate Change Litigation in India: Its Potential and Challenges, Arpithat Kodiveri; 21. The Tide of Climate Litigation is Upon us in Africa, Pooven Moodley; 22. Pakistan: A Good Story That Can Go Awry If Shortcomings Remain Unacknowledged, Waqqas Mir.