Governments & Businesses

ICJ Case on Climate Change - Earth Governance 442278
The Latest Front in the Battle Over Climate Lawsuits: Bills Wiping Out Liability - Inside Climate News 14.03.26 511362
A Tiny Caribbean Island Sued the Netherlands Over Climate Change, and Won - Inside Climate News 28.02.26 510928
US Youth, Climate Coalition Sue to Stop Trump EPA ‘From Torching Our Kids’ Future’ - CD 18.02.26 509665
Shell shock for Dutch climate policy - Ecologist 10.02.26 509263
‘Groundbreaking’: Michigan Sues Big Oil ‘Cartel’ for Conspiracy to Block Renewable Energy - CD 23.01.26 506458
“A Fraudulent Scheme”: New Mexico Sues Texas Oil Companies for Walking Away From Their Leaking Wells - ProPublica 22.01.26 506908
As Big Oil Fights Climate Lawsuits, Congress Urged to Resist Lobbying for Liability Shield - CD 13.01.26 505755
Montana Court Dismisses Youth-led Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Orders Boosting Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News 16.10.25 494399
Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed? - Inside Climate News 25.09.25 490494
After floods and failed harvests, Korean farmers sue state power utility for damages - Climate Change 12.08.25 484841
‘My heart is broken’: Indigenous Australians lose landmark climate case - Al Jazeera 15.07.25 479688
One lawsuit just helped melt the fossil fuel industry’s defence against being held accountable for climate change - Conversation 30.05.25 473033
Woman Files First Climate-Related Wrongful Death Suit Against Fossil Fuel Companies - CD 29.05.25 473017
Juliana v. US: Supreme Court Decision Brings 10-Year Climate Case to an End - CD 24.03.25 462794
A Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in a fight to hold polluters accountable - AP News 17.03.25 461784
New York to Charge Biggest Emitters for Climate Damages Under New Law - EcoWatch 27.12.24 448203
Impoverished countries ask world court to rule on climate change disaster - WSWS 26.12.24 451455
'Major Victory': New Law Makes NY Second State to Hold Big Polluters Accountable - CD 26.12.24 447785
A Florida Commission Keeps Approving Utility Plans With Lots of Fossil Fuels. Now Young Adults Are Suing - Inside Climate News 18.12.24 446347
ICJ weighs legal responsibility for climate change, ‘future of our planet’ - Al Jazeera 14.12.24 445508
The government could be in the dock over its failure to protect disabled people from climate crisis - Canary 08.12.24 444655
North Carolina Town Launches First U.S. Climate Lawsuit Against a Utility Company - EcoWatch 06.12.24 444625
Activists and Vulnerable Nations Condemn U.S. Arguments Against Climate Obligations at ICJ Hearing - EcoWatch 05.12.24 444627
North Carolina Town Sues Utility Giant Over 'Decades of Deception' on Climate - CD 04.12.24 445687
UN’s Top Court Begins Hearings on Landmark Climate Case - EcoWatch 04.12.24 444628
Shell’s legal victory is disappointing – but this is not the end for corporate climate litigation - Conversation 15.11.24 442194
Oil giant Shell wins appeal on landmark emissions ruling the Netherlands - Al Jazeera 12.11.24 440048
Shell wins appeal against landmark Dutch climate ruling - Reuters 12.11.24 440130
People around the world are using courts to question whether climate policies are fair – new study - Conversation 22.10.24 437196
‘Typhoons have prevented me going to school’: The children behind South Korea’s landmark climate win - Guardia 04.09.24 431118
Court orders South Korea to specify plans to cut carbon emissions through 2049 - AP 29.08.24 431109
South Korea’s climate law violates rights of future generations, court rules - Guardian 29.08.24 431111
Survivors of climate disasters demand US inquiry into big oil’s ‘climate crimes’ - Guardian 15.08.24 428201
A Legal Fight Over Legacy Oil Industry Pollution Heats Up in West Texas - Inside Climate News 06.08.24 427578
Big Oil Rallies to Obstruct Accountability - DeSmog 19.07.24 427821
‘Not Caused by an Act of God’: In a Rare Court Action, an Oregon County Seeks to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Extreme Temperatures - Inside Climate News 08.07.24 423082
More Climate Lawsuits Than Ever Are Trying to Hold Companies and Countries to Account - Scientific American 30.06.24 420733
Lawyers could charge big oil with homicide after 2023 Arizona heatwave - Guardian 26.06.24 420587
Greenpeace Turns to Italy’s Highest Court in Lawsuit Against Oil Giant Eni - DeSmog 24.06.24 420751
Can Hawaii Sue Big Oil for Climate Damages? The Supreme Court Wants to Know What the Biden Admin Thinks First - EcoWatch 11.06.24 418640
Chris Packham cleared to take Government to court over net zero policies - LFF 06.03.24 402783
Chicago Takes Big Oil to Court, Adding Another Heavyweight to the Fight - DeSmog 28.02.24 400795
These Four States Want Big Oil to Pay for Climate Damage - Mother Jones 12.02.24 397882
‘Hope is a discipline’: youth climate case plaintiff on why he’s suing the US government - Guardian 31.12.23 391667
‘We have a responsibility’: the older women suing Switzerland to demand climate action - Guardian 27.12.23 391354
US students file complaints against six universities over fossil fuel investments - Guardian 23.10.23 387547
European Court Hears Climate Crisis Case Brought by Children - HRW 29.09.23 375724
Girl, 11, among six young people taking on 32 nations in historic climate case - Guardian 27.09.23 374467
Six Portuguese youth take 32 nations to European court over climate change - Al Jazeera 21.09.23 373380
'A Watershed Moment': California Sues Big Oil Over Decades of Climate Destruction - CD 16.09.23 372308
How suing the US government can empower the climate movement - Pressenza 21.07.23 363295
Dramatic week in Montana climate trial as youngsters tell of toll on lives - Guardian 17.06.23 353416
Shell Sued Over Air Emissions at Pennsylvania’s New Petrochemical Plant - Inside Climate News 12.05.23 346991
Greenpeace USA Wins Free Speech Battle Against Canadian Logging Giant’s $100M SLAPP Lawsuit - DN! 04.05.23 344334
Environmental groups sue EU for labelling fossil gas as ‘green’ - Canary 18.04.23 341770
Kids’ Climate Case Advances in Hawaii - DeSmog 10.04.23 340251
UN backs Pacific Island states by asking the International Court to advance climate justice - Amnesty 29.03.23 340743
Switzerland and France accused of lack of climate action in ECHR hearing - Guardian 29.03.23 337949
Video: ‘Historic’ climate cases against governments at European court - Al Jazeera 29.03.23 337918
Climate campaigners sue BNP Paribas over fossil fuel finance - Guardian 27.02.23 332126
Austrian Youth Take their Government to Court Over ‘Ineffective’ Climate Policy - DeSmog 21.02.23 331602
Court Hears Appeal in Canadian Youth Climate Lawsuit - DeSmog 16.02.23 330385
Shareholders Sue Shell, Saying It's Too Obsessed With Fossil Fuels - Gizmodo 10.02.23 330422
Activists sue French food firm Danone over use of plastics - Guardian 10.01.23 324238
Big Oil Conspired to Deceive the Public, Claims Climate Racketeering Lawsuit - Mother Jones 21.12.22 322251
Puerto Rican Cities Sue Fossil Fuel Companies in Major Class-Action, Climate Fraud Case - DeSmog 02.12.22 319210
Judge Deals Latest Blow to Big Oil in DC Climate Fraud Case - DeSmog 21.11.22 318006
Court rejects Nigeria’s $1.1bn damages request against Eni, Shell - Al Jazeera 11.11.22 315204
How US climate lawsuits could hold Big Oil accountable - Al Jazeera 08.11.22 314643
New Jersey Is the Latest State to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change - Eco Watch 19.10.22 313361
First climate lawsuit against Russian government launched over emissions - Guardian 13.09.22 305163
UK Loses First Legal Challenge of ‘Net Zero’ Climate Target - Bloomberg 18.07.22 305468
Climate Court Wins Are Hard. Don’t Let That Put You Off - Bloomberg 31.05.22 305513
Video: Climate change lawsuits: Taking fossil fuel firms to court - CBS 17.04.22 305493
Today’s disappointing federal court decision undoes 20 years of climate litigation progress in Australia - Conversation 15.03.22 305511
Greenpeace Germany sues Volkswagen over carbon emissions targets - CNN 09.11.21 305477
BP wins over Greenpeace in North Sea oil court case - Reuters 07.10.21 305463
Belgium Court Deems Inadequate Climate Policy a Human Rights Violation - Eco Watch 19.06.21 305484
Belgium’s climate failures violate human rights, court rules - Guardian 18.06.21 247787
Norwegian 'People vs. Arctic Oil' Case Heads to European Human Rights Court - CD 15.06.21 248116
Four seismic climate wins show Big Oil, Gas and Coal are running out of places to hide - Conversation 30.05.21 305491
‘Historic’ German ruling says climate goals not tough enough - Guardian 29.04.21 305516
A Texas city had a bold new climate plan until a gas company got involved - Guardian 01.03.21 237623
The Status of Global Climate Change Legal Action: a New Report - Columbia Climate School 27.01.21 305479
European court orders countries to respond to lawsuit from young climate activists - DW 30.11.20 305519
European states ordered to respond to youth activists' climate lawsuit - Guardian 30.11.20 316732
Court gives France three-month deadline to justify its actions on climate change - The Local 19.11.20 305485
First climate case reaches Brazil’s Supreme Court - LSE 30.09.20 305489
Dutch supreme court upholds landmark ruling demanding climate action - Guardian 20.12.19 305476
US Supreme Court allows historic kids’ climate lawsuit to go forward - Nature 03.11.18 305478
In historic ruling, Colombian Court protects youth suing the national government for failing to curb deforestation - Dejusticia 05.04.18 305486
New York City plans to divest $5bn from fossil fuels and sue oil companies - Guardian 10.01.18 305483
How climate change battles are increasingly being fought, and won, in court - Guardian 08.03.17 305488
Farmer sues Pakistan's government to demand action on climate change - Reuters 13.11.15 305487
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - Philippines: For the first time fossil fuel companies face national human rights complaint on climate change 305510