Litigating the Climate Emergency: How Human Rights, Courts, and Legal Mobilization Can Bolster Climate Action

This book is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of human rights and climate change (HRCC) cases, combining theory, empirical evidence, and strategic debate from leading scholars and practitioners. It explores the origins, legal innovations, empirical richness, impact, and challenges of this field, equipping litigators, researchers, practitioners, students, and concerned citizens with an understanding of a vital method for holding governments and corporations accountable for climate harms.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 03 November 2022
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The climate emergency is escalating, and human rights-based climate cases are emerging as a powerful tool for driving more ambitious climate action. This groundbreaking book is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of the realm of human rights and climate change (HRCC) cases. By integrating theory, empirical evidence, and strategic discussions among renowned scholars and practitioners from across the globe, the book delves into the origins, legal innovations, empirical richness, impact, and challenges of this dynamic field of sociolegal practice. It specifically examines the sociolegal foundations and trajectory of HRCC cases, the legal breakthroughs of this type of litigation, and the strategies and outcomes of these cases. By offering a comprehensive understanding of this important method of holding governments and corporations accountable for climate harms, this book empowers litigators, researchers, practitioners, students, and concerned citizens alike. Moreover, the book is freely accessible on Cambridge Core, ensuring widespread access to its valuable insights.

Weight: 776g
Dimension: 161 x 236 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781009098779