Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation

This is the sixth report in the Global Trends in Climate Litigation series, produced by the Grantham Research Institute in partnership with the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and drawing on the Sabin Center’s Climate Change Litigation Databases. Each report provides a synthesis of the latest research and developments in the climate change litigation field, focusing on cases filed in the previous 12 months. The report identifies and discussed jurisdictions with high volumes of climate cases, analyses the actors involved in climate cases, and develops a typology of climate litigation cases assessing the relative prevalence of each. The impacts of climate litigation and potential future trends in the field are also discussed.

Presenter

Catherine Higham, Policy Fellow (Climate Change Laws of the World) at London School of Economics.  Catherine is a Senior Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. She coordinates the Climate Change Laws of the World project, the most comprehensive global resource on climate legislation and policy, and is the co-author of the Global Trends in Climate Litigation snapshot report series. Catherine’s research at LSE focuses on human rights and climate change, and the impact of different legal interventions on climate governance and climate action. Catherine joined the Grantham Research Institute at LSE after nearly a decade in the not-for-profit sector, including many years at the international human rights organisation Reprieve.