Climate Change Litigation

The Handbook discusses the respective issues arising in the current discourse on climate protection from different legal perspectives (including International law, European law and national public and civil law). In particular, it addresses the issue of "climate protection by courts".It gives an overview about important jurisdictions in the field of Climate Change Litigation, including inter alia the US, Canada, Australia, UK, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Brazil and Germany.Climate change litigation is in the course of establishing itself into an independent branch of environmental law and international law which is most likely to be one of the major legal markets of the future.Outline

Fundamental questions of climate change litigation

Procedural Issues and Conflict of Laws

State Liability under International and European Law

Duties of protection following from Human Rights

Climate Change Litigation

Liability for Climate Damages - Germany as an International Pioneer?