Climate Change in the Courtroom: Trends, Impacts, and Emerging Lessons - Key Messages

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationLaw Division
dc.contributor.otherHarris, Tal
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-03T09:54:01Z
dc.date.available2025-10-03T09:54:01Z
dc.date.issued2025-10
dc.date.submitted2025-10-03
dc.descriptionThis key messages document outlines global climate change litigation trends, decisions, and case analyses from the 2023–2025 period based on databases from Columbia Law School. Designed to inform policy, define human rights obligations, and redress harms, tracked legal actions have grown significantly to over three thousand cases across dozens of jurisdictions, heavily concentrated within the United States. While international adjudicatory bodies increasingly clarify state duties, rising domestic litigation targets government rights compliance and corporate emission liabilities alongside growing backlash lawsuits. Ultimately, courts accelerate climate strategies, though enforcement constraints and strict harm thresholds limit overall practical impacts.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/48663
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number3 p.
dc.subjectclimate regulation
dc.subjectclimate
dc.subjectenvironmental justice
dc.subjectenvironmental governance
dc.subjectenvironmental law enforcement
dc.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Land
dc.subject.themeclimate
dc.subject.themeadministration
dc.subject.themeenvironmental governance
dc.titleClimate Change in the Courtroom: Trends, Impacts, and Emerging Lessons - Key Messagesen
dc.typePolicy brief

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