The climate trial : law and justice on a melting planet / Noah Walker-Crawford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker-Crawford, Noah, 1991- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

RWE (Firm : 1990- )--Trials, litigation, etc.

RWE (Firm : 1990- ).

Climate justice--Germany.

Climate justice.

Environmental justice--Germany.

Environmental justice.

Climatic changes--Law and legislation--Germany.

Climatic changes.

Liability for climatic change damages--Germany.

Liability for climatic change damages.

Environmental responsibility--Germany.

Environmental responsibility.

Climatic changes--Social aspects--Peru.

Glaciers--Peru.

Glaciers.

Climate change mitigation--Peru.

Climate change mitigation.

Indigenous peoples--Peru--Environmental conditions.

Indigenous peoples.

Peru--Environmental conditions.

Peru.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Law and justice on a melting planet

Place of Publication:

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"In The Climate Trial, Noah Walker-Crawford follows the story of a landmark climate justice lawsuit levied against German energy company RWE by Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya, who sought to hold RWE financially responsible for glacial melting in the Peruvian Andes. Using this trial as a point of departure, The Climate Trial reveals how climate change reshapes our relations across vast distances. Arguing that industrial emitters and frontline communities are now "neighbors" sharing a single, warming planet, the case makes innovative use of nuisance law to seek accountability for glacial retreat in the Peruvian Andes. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Andes, inside German courtrooms, and at United Nations climate summits, Walker-Crawford weaves together political, legal, and cosmological perspectives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Climate Justice in Court

Making a Climate Change Lawsuit

Glaciers Melt into the Courtroom

David and Goliath in the Courtroom

Andean Life in an Uncertain Climate

The Politics of Personhood

Causality in the Courtroom

Truth and Responsibility in the Courtroom

Courtroom Interrogation

Tracing Emissions

Climate Skeptics at Large

Modeling the Global Climate

Measuring Lake Palcacocha

Melting Glaciers Play Politics

Glacial Politics

Engineering in a Sentient Environment

Unexpected Stardom

Changing the Legal Climate.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Duke University Press, viewed March 19, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Walker-Crawford, Noah, 1991- Climate trial.

ISBN:

9781478094487

1478094486

OCLC:

1579621290

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license