{"id":70424,"date":"2024-03-11T14:21:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T14:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=event&#038;p=70424"},"modified":"2025-07-04T10:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T09:26:08","slug":"corporate-climate-legal-tactics-a-closer-look-at-the-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/events\/corporate-climate-legal-tactics-a-closer-look-at-the-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate climate legal tactics: a closer look at the United Kingdom &#8211; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Corporate climate legal tactics: a closer look at the United Kingdom\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2hpjqPBHyfc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 2000 climate change litigation cases have been brought globally. Whilst the majority of these cases have been filed against States, climate change-related cases have also been brought against private actors, mostly major greenhouse gas emitters. There is a need for the particular features and potential of cases involving corporate players to be analysed.&nbsp; The project Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics led by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has brought together project work across 17 jurisdictions to create a comprehensive analysis of existing climate change cases against corporations in each. The project is forward-looking, identifying possible arguments and legal tools to tackle climate change through litigation involving companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a class=\"link link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biicl.org\/documents\/12174_global_perspectives_on_corporate_climate_legal_tactics_-_uk_national_report_v1.pdf\" aria-describedby=\"link-description-new-window\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">report on the UK&#65279;<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M14.42 1.04L3.2.7a.8.8 0 00-.8.76v.1a.8.8 0 00.76.7l9.39.3L.93 14.16c-.3.3-.3.8 0 1.1l.09.08c.3.23.73.2 1.01-.07L13.65 3.65l.29 9.4a.8.8 0 00.8.76.79.79 0 00.77-.8L15.17 1.8a.82.82 0 00-.75-.76z\" fill=\"#2e3152\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>&nbsp;was prepared by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/kim-bouwer\/\">Dr Kim Bouwer<\/a>, from Durham Law School and currently a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute.&nbsp; The report provides an overview of existing caselaw and discusses the particular character of UK corporate climate litigation. This event began with presentations of the project and report.&nbsp; It then brought together experts in key areas of interest in climate change as it relates to corporations: financial regulation, fiduciary duties, derivative claims and the assessment of Scope 3 emissions.&nbsp; The discussion highlighted the growing importance of climate change in corporate regulation, and the growing risks or opportunities this creates for corporate climate litigation.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Dr Joana Setzer&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introductory remarks: Dr Ivano Alogna, British Institute of International and Comparative Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Kim Bouwer, Durham Law School and Grantham Research Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stuart O&rsquo;Brien, Sackers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Professor Megan Bowman, KCL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Benson, ClientEarth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marc Willers KC, Garden Court Chambers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>This event will consider the implications of a new report on corporate climate litigation in the UK. <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":45562,"template":"","tags":[1147,581,437],"event-type":[381],"topic_area":[4695],"class_list":["post-70424","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-climate-litigation","tag-litigation","tag-uk","event-type-seminars","topic_area-climate-change-laws-and-litigation"],"acf":{"exclude_from_sync":{"ref_value":"field_560538b0e7350","value":"0","type":false,"post_type":""},"start_date":{"ref_value":"field_52f56b18a98ba","value":"20240327","type":false,"post_type":""},"start_time":{"ref_value":"field_52f56b33a98bb","value":"14:00:00","type":false,"post_type":""},"end_date":{"ref_value":"field_52f56bb58f239","value":"20240327","type":false,"post_type":""},"end_time":{"ref_value":"field_52f56bd38f23a","value":"16:00:00","type":false,"post_type":""},"event_venue":{"ref_value":"field_531c65c575d35","value":"Room 3.02, Clement House, 99 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4JF and Online","type":false,"post_type":""},"location":{"ref_value":"field_559cf9dc612b6","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"external_speaker":{"ref_value":"field_5374dcb208782","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"eventbrite_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f59e0b20728","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"rss_newsletter":{"ref_value":"field_54f5c2c1544d8","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f164b5189e9","value":["joana-setzer","kim-bouwer"],"type":"relationship","post_type":"profile"},"spotlight":{"ref_value":"field_52f80896506d3","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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