Sentence examples for climate litigation from inspiring English sources
"climate litigation" is correct and usable in written English
It is a legal term used to refer to a lawsuit that seeks to hold someone responsible for their contribution to climate change and its impacts. For example, "Recently, there has been a surge in climate litigation cases, as citizens attempt to hold major corporations accountable for their environmental impact."
climate litigation," he said.
Thornton says that many others are currently considering climate litigation cases, including ClientEarth themselves.
The work makes lawsuits against major polluters more likely, said barrister Richard Lord QC, an expert on climate litigation at Brick Court Chambers in London: "Showing that the chance of an event occurring has increased by say 100% or 200% gives you a much better chance of showing causation.
When Byers and his co-authors did a broad survey of the climate litigation literature, they found that very few experts had considered this possibility.
Heede's carbon accounting is already opening a new chapter in climate change litigation and policy, helping equip plaintiffs who believe they have suffered damages from climate change to claim compensation.
I personally think patents are for the most part worthless and don't protect your business, but at Broadcast.com we did so many original and unique things in streaming, multicasting, uploading of content that now that the climate of litigation has changed, that portfolio would be worth a ton of money.
One Houston law firm advised its clients the decision "may represent a "shot heard 'round the world" in climate change litigation... Given the stakes involved in such cases, clients should monitor these suits carefully -- and perhaps participate as amicus curiae to support the state's attorneys' arguments".
Elsewhere around the world, there also have been developments in climate change litigation.
– David Bookbinder Sierra Club In fact, climate change litigation may be more widespread than most people realize.
Environmentalists and lawyers who have studied climate change litigation agree that the ideal venue for change would be some kind of world court.
Smith and a University of Adelaide colleague, physician David Shearman, recently co-authored a book, Climate Change Litigation, that examines the issue in more of a worldwide perspective, although they focus on the United States and Australia for examples.
