The long road to increased corporate responsibility

Climate litigation is rich in insights on failing climate governance. What can we learn from lawsuits against car corporations trying to stop the distribution of fossil-fuelled cars?

Bettina Schmiedler • July 10, 2023

Urgenda case affects private companies

The judgment in the Shell case suggests that companies should comply with the targets in the Paris Climate Agreement. The case possibly sets a new, climate-friendly precedent in corporate law

Ivana Mlikota • January 17, 2023

Lean, clean, and green?

An appraisal of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s green approach to infrastructure projects. How environmentally sustainable is infrastructure development?

Abhinand Siddharth, Martin Dabrowski, Siddharth Trakroo and Vinícius Souza • July 04, 2022

Strategic climate litigation and polarisation: Fanning or smothering the flames of societal conflicts?

What, if any, should the role of courts be in reconciling the pressing need for climate action in an atmosphere of deep-running social tension?

Christina Eckes • June 28, 2022

Climate change litigation in Indonesia

Following the success of the Urgenda case in the Netherlands and other cases around the world, citizens from Jakarta also turned to climate change litigation in their fight for a cleaner environment.

Elise Schermers • June 03, 2022

Avoiding doom and gloom

Is there an equitable balance between the efforts of developed and developing countries in averting worst case scenario as highlighted in the 2021 IPCC report?

Mukhtar Adesunkanmi • September 27, 2021

The youth climate movement and the resuscitation of climate science

What can the youth climate movement do to resuscitate climate science in order to ensure the dignified life of present and future generations?

Walter Burkard • July 22, 2021

Reforming Technical and Financial Assistance for Environmental Protection: The Challenge of Plastic Pollution in the Ocean

Managing plastic waste is one of the biggest problems we face today, the severity and urgency of which is increasing. How can legal reforms, especially technical and financial assistance, address this?

Martijn Beerthuizen and Anouk Wear • June 17, 2021 • 8 comments

Resettlement after disaster in Mozambique

After Cyclone Idai, the Mozambican government moved people from high-risk affected areas to new settlements. However, State-led resettlement is often problematic and fails to provide durable solutions.

Bernardo Almeida and Carolien Jacobs • May 11, 2020

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