The Status of Climate Change Litigation : A Global Review
This joint report by UNEP and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law provides judges, advocates, researchers,and the international community with an of-the moment survey of global climate change litigation, […]
The Paris Climate Agreement: An Initial Examination
This working paper considers the legal structure and content of the 2015 Paris Agreement. He identifies and describes three main parts of the agreement – its goals, areas in which […]
Issues in Climate Change Litigation by Jaqueline Peel (2012)
In her article Peel analyses common issues arising in climate change litigations including problems of proof, of dealing with cumulative and indirect impacts, and of establishing a significant contribution to […]
Les Instruments prioritaires de mise en oeuvre de l’Accord de Paris sur le climat en R.D.Congo (Priority Instruments for Implementation of the Paris Agreement in the DR Congo)
Les pays en développement Parties à la Convention Cadre des Nations Unies sur les Changements Climatiques ont soumis leurs contributions prévue et déterminée au niveau national, CPDN au secrétariat de […]
Transparency Provisions in the Paris Agreement
This Legal Working Paper focuses on a key aspect of the outcomes of the Paris Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): transparency. Part 1 […]
Climate Justice: The International Momentum Towards Climate Litigation (2016) – Keely Boom, Julie-Anne Richards and Stephen Leonard
This report analyses the shortcomings of the Paris Agreement, in particular focusing on the problems with loss and damage under the existing regimes. It records the increasing number of climate […]
Taking Climate Justice Into Our Own Hands: A Model Climate Compensation Act (2015)
This report illustrates how courts and national governments can use principles of private international law to take action against fossil fuel polluters. It also includes a proposal for a Climate […]
Moving Beyond by Incentivising Sustainable Energy Investments in EBRD’s Countries of Operation
Using the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as an example, this Working Paper considers: (i) the promotion of low-carbon technologies and investments, including in renewable energy; and, (ii) […]
Climate Finance Fundamentals
The Overseas Development Institute drafted a series of short briefings to help newcomers to understand the basics of climate change financing. The briefs cover topics such as the principles of […]
International Investment Law and Climate Change: Issues in the Transition to a Low Carbon World by Kate Miles (2008)
While addressing climate change offers many opportunities for investment, claims brought under international investment law can hinder efforts to transition to a low carbon society. In her article, Miles examines […]