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Check out our latest research on strategic climate change litigation and its impact on public opinion and action! 🌍 🔍 Co-authored with: Anna Kovács Katharina Luckner & Anna Sekuła Our study examines whether strategic litigation can sway public attitudes toward climate policy and action. Utilizing a vignette experiment with a quota-representative sample of UK citizens, we investigate how information on litigation influences preferences for climate measures, including a carbon tax. Surprisingly, our findings reveal no direct link between strategic litigation and policy attitudes. However, the potential for legal cues to affect attitudes in more indirect and cumulative ways remains an interesting avenue for future exploration. Read the full study here: #ClimateChange #StrategicLitigation #PublicOpinion #ClimatePolicy #Research #Sustainability https://lnkd.in/eHKzg-54

As the number of climate-related lawsuits increases, stakeholders worldwide 🌍 are turning to #internationalcourts to define states’ responsibility in climate change issues. The @InternationalCourtofJustice, the International Tribunal on the Law of the Seas, and the @Inter-AmericanCourtofHumanRights are set to publish advisory opinions on climate change in 2024–2025.📑 🌿 💡@Maria Antonia Tigre’s article traces the origins and significance of this trio of requests in advancing international #climatechange law and the opportunities and challenges they present. Read the full article here👉https://buff.ly/4arSGW3

🌊In this article, my colleagues and I summarise the key takeaways from the long-awaited ITLOS Opinion on climate change, and the implications of the Opinion. In short, ITLOS has concluded that anthropogenic (i.e. human-caused) greenhouse gas emissions constitute “pollution of the marine environment” under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, triggering certain positive obligations of States, including a duty to prevent, reduce and control both land- and sea-based anthropogenic GHGs. The Opinion is the first in a trio of advisory opinions by international courts that will likely be issued within twelve months of each other – next to follow are opinions from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice. ⚖️ Taken together, these opinions, together with the ECHR’s judgment in KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland (which we also analysed in an earlier article) are establishing a normative a normative framework at the international level upon which future international and domestic climate change claims will likely be based. See below for more! ⬇️ Robert Spano Ceyda Knoebel Stephanie Collins

What does the recent ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change mean for private parties and the States? My GDC colleagues and I share some thoughts in the below article: Robert Spano Stephanie Collins Alexa Romanelli #climatechange # internationallaw #energytransition

Many companies lulling into complacency that they can delay or outright avoid climate disclosure mandates. Notwithstanding litigation challenges, revenue thresholds, and political sniping, far more companies will have to comply directly or indirectly, and they may already be late to the table! Read my analysis and recommendations here.

My colleagues and I have drafted this article discussing the #ITLOS’s 🌊 recent Advisory Opinion which concluded that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions consistitue marine pollution under #UNCLOS, triggering certain obligations on State Parties. We set out what we consider to be the main takeaways ⬇️ - including the potential influence of the Opinion on domestic and international climate litigation. 📖 The ITLOS Opinion is the first in a trio of advisory opinions by international courts expected to be issued within 12 months of each other. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and ICJ opinions on climate change will follow next year. We will be following these developments closely. 🌍 #climatechange #climatelitigation #energytransition #internationlaw Robert Spano, Ceyda Knoebel, Alexa Romanelli

INSIGHT - Chapter Zero: Navigating the landscape of climate law and regulation Organiser: Chapter Zero For more details: https://lnkd.in/eNeUSyVx Chapter Zero, the Directors’ Climate Forum, has launched its latest report on ‘navigating the landscape of climate law and regulation: a briefing for boards’. #governance #corporategovernance #boardofdirectors #nonexecutivedirector #boards #climatelaw #regulation

Learn everything about the NY Climate Act's grid reliability and the steps that NY's Public Service Commission may undertake that will have rippling effects through our economy in this column in the New York Law Journal by Karen Meara, chair of CLM's #Energy Sector, and Christopher Rizzo, chair of CLM's #Environmental and Land Use practice. #climatechange #newyorkstate #greenlegislation.  https://lnkd.in/eAVgykxu

The implications for both governments and the private sector following the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Advisory Opinion are wide-ranging, including the possible uptick in climate litigation and more robust climate legislation. In the second article of our two-part series, we unpack the implications and where to next for governments and organisations. Read more here: http://spr.ly/60439OtQh #ClimateChange #ITLOS #UNCLOS #ClimateLitigation #AdvisoryOpinion Stephen Webb, Gitanjali Bajaj, Claire Robertson, Eran Sthoeger, Esq.

Scholars argue SEC climate rule does not raise First Amendment concerns The brief argues that the climate disclosure rule does not violate the First Amendment and should be evaluated under a deferential standard. A group of First Amendment Legal Scholars supports the SEC's position in the court challenge against its climate rules. The amicus brief, filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, argues that, as a requirement seeking to inform and protect investors, the climate disclosure rule does not raise First Amendment concerns. At most, the rule should be evaluated under a lenient standard, which it would satisfy because it is not an undue burden on speech (Brief for First Amendment Legal Scholars as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondent, State of Iowa v. SEC, No. 24-1522 (8th Cir. Aug. 15, 2024)). This story can be read in its entirety on the Wolters Kluwer Vital Law site at https://lnkd.in/gUcsD-EM. As reported by Rodney Tonkovic. #SEC #ClimateDisclosureRule #FirstAmendment #InvestorProtection #ProtectedSpeech #LegalScholars