Climate Change Litigation

Autorentext
Jacqueline Peel is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School, Australia, and an internationally recognised expert on climate change law. Her teaching and research interests lie in the areas of environmental law (domestic and international), risk regulation and the role of science, and climate change law.

Klappentext
This book examines how litigation over climate change shapes the choices of governments, corporations and the public regarding mitigation and adaptation.

Zusammenfassung
What is the role of litigation in addressing the problem of climate change? This book focuses on the real-world impact of extensive climate-related lawsuits on regulation, corporate behaviour and social norms, and explains how these lawsuits have shaped approaches to mitigation, adaptation and regulation.

Inhalt
1. Why climate change litigation matters; 2. Model for understanding litigation's regulatory impact; 3. Litigation as a mitigation tool; 4. Litigation as an adaptation tool; 5. Corporate responses to litigation; 6. Litigation's role in shaping social norms; 7. Barriers to progress; 8. The future of climate change litigation.

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