{"id":80098,"date":"2025-09-09T10:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=event&p=80098"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:52:56","slug":"climate-litigation-lessons-from-brazil","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/events\/climate-litigation-lessons-from-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate litigation lessons from Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Please note that the times quoted for this event will be local New York time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-hosted by Cornerstone Climate and Mishcon Purpose, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School and Grantham Research Institute at the LSE.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil is now one of the world’s most dynamic laboratories for climate litigation. As of August 2025, at least 137 climate cases<\/strong> have been filed—most since 2020—placing Brazil third globally<\/strong> by volume and second only to the US<\/strong> for cases reaching apex courts. The pace has been matched by legal innovation: in 2022<\/strong>, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court recognised the Paris Agreement as a human-rights treaty<\/strong>, and approximately 63%<\/strong> of climate cases that reached Brazil’s supreme courts have seen favourable outcomes (12 of 19). Public authorities—including the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) and Brazil’s Federal Environmental Agency IBAMA—have launched 30+ actions seeking climate damages tied to Amazon deforestation, signalling a strategic turn toward compensation and restoration. Courts are beginning to affirm liability for climate harm<\/strong>, with landmark 2024 rulings<\/strong> ordering climate-damage payments (equivalent to almost USD 2 million<\/strong>) linked to CO₂ from illegal deforestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This New York Climate Week session unpacks Brazil’s rise as a hub for global climate litigation<\/strong>—from procedural advances (participation, transparency, access to justice) to cutting-edge tort and public-law strategies—drawing lessons that can travel to other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event will also feature the book launch<\/strong> of Brazil and Climate Justice: Pioneering Climate Litigation for a Global Cause<\/em> (eds. Maria Antonia Tigre, Armando Rocha, Délton Winter de Carvalho)—the first comprehensive, English-language volume on Brazilian climate litigation, with contributions from 28 Brazilian scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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