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230 climate lawsuits filed against corporations in 2023: Report

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 27 Jun 2024 13:21
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The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment conducts a qualitative analysis of the increase in climate litigation lawsuits since 2015.

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Approximately 230 climate lawsuits have been filed against corporations and governments in 2023, according to a qualitative report published on Thursday by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, finding that litigation cases continue to rise swiftly.

"Strategic climate cases continued to be filed against companies, with about 230 such cases now identified from 2015 to the present," the report stated, determining the main trends in corporate climate litigation.

The concept of "climate-washing", the practice of corporations misleading consumers to believe their products are sustainable through false claims and misinformation, is one of the key trends present in climate-aligned lawsuits. There have been over 140 cases with a success rate of around 70% in favor of the claimants. There are currently more than 30 active "polluter pays" lawsuits, aiming to hold companies accountable for climate-related damage that is allegedly a result of high greenhouse gas emissions. 

The United States accounts for the majority of the lawsuits with 129 cases, followed by the United Kingdom with 24 legal complaints. Panama and Portugal filed climate litigation cases for the first time this year. Climate-related lawsuits are gradually rising and have been recorded in 55 countries, where 8% of cases have extended to the Global South, as announced by UNEP in September 2022.

“Climate litigation … has become an undeniably significant trend in how stakeholders are seeking to advance climate action and accountability,” said UNEP's head of international environment law Andy Raine.

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