Global trends in climate change litigation: 2026 snapshot - translations

For translations of the key messages of this report, please access the appropriate download above (currently available in French, German, Portuguese and Japanese).

A Chinese translation will follow in due course.

The original English version is available here (published on 25 June 2026). The report focuses on key trends and evolutions in global climate change litigation from the calendar year 2025, while also highlighting important new developments through to May 2026. It provides a numerical analysis of how many cases have been filed, where and by whom, and a qualitative assessment of trends and themes in the types of cases filed. The primary source of data is the Climate Litigation Database maintained by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

Thanks to Chloe Smith and Emily Bradeen for the French translation; Noah Walker-Crawford, with support from Mascha Klein at Germanwatch, for the German translation; Carolina de Figueiredo Garrido and Pedro Tiago Gonçalves Martinho (JUMA/PUC-Rio) for the Portuguese translation; and Masako Ichihara for the Japanese translation.