Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
12-2025
Abstract
Climate change litigation has been increasingly used in different countries to fight the climate crisis through various judicial systems. As of December 2022, there have been over 2,000 climate-related cases in international courts, federal courts, and more local courthouses, with litigation taking place in 65 different jurisdictions. Climate change litigation includes “cases that raise material issues of law or fact relating to climate change mitigation, adaptation or the science of climate change.”
This post was originally published on the Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review on January 21, 2025. The original post can be accessed via the Archived Link button above.
Recommended Citation
Messimer, Grace, "Challenging the State to Protect the Right to a Future Healthy Environment" (2025). Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review (CICLR) Blog. 117.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/ciclr-online/117
