Climate Change Litigation Cases in Context.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Camille.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Indigenous peoples (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2026.

Summary:

This book provides a timely and detailed analysis of key climate change cases in domestic courts across the globe, examining the procedural, evidentiary, legal and strategic dimensions of the complex climate governance landscape.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

List of contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Chapter 1: The climate governance tightrope: novel strategies and the role of courts in climate change

Chapter 2 : Mathur v Ontario: youth-led constitutional challenge to government climate policy lights the path to future recognition of climate rights in Canada

Chapter 3: Lliuya v RWE: introducing polluter pays via transnational climate litigation?

Chapter 4: Common law at the coal face: Smith v Fonterra and others

Chapter 5: Centre for Oil Pollution Watch (COPW) v Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC): locus standi and the emerging trends in climate litigation in Nigeria

Chapter 6: Human rights as procedural due process in climate mitigation policies: Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v. Switzerland

Chapter 7 : A constitutional duty to deploy climate finance: PSB et al v Brazil (Climate Fund)

Chapter 8: Held v Montana: climate science takes the stand

Chapter 9: Misdzi Yikh v Canada: indigenizing rights-based climate litigation

Chapter 10: Promoting climate litigation via industrial law and policy? Chinese climate litigation in context

Chapter 11: When corporate and financial law goes green: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited

Chapter 12: Threatened birds meet creative judges: India's climate litigation takes flight in MK Ranjitsinh and Others v Union of India and Others

Index.

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ISBN:

1-03-534318-5