Legal actions over failure to act on climate change have kicked off in at least 28 countries, according to a report published this week.
Most have been launched against governments, but companies have also been targeted for failing to incorporate climate change into their decision-making or failing to disclose risks to shareholders.
Citizens, non-governmental organisations, businesses and even local governments have taken businesses and governments to court for failing to protect them from the effects of climate change, according to the report from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and Environment.
Its analysis of cases recorded worldwide since 1990 showed that climate change litigation was most prevalent in the United States, but was also found in countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan, South Africa, Norway