{"id":85276,"date":"2026-02-25T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=news&#038;p=85276"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:33:32","slug":"climate-litigation-commentary-series","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/news\/climate-litigation-commentary-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate litigation commentary series\u00a0\u00a0"},"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\"><p>This&nbsp;commentary&nbsp;series&nbsp;is&nbsp;coordinated by the Grantham Research Institute&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/topics\/cutting-emissions\/climate-change-laws-and-litigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climate law and governance team<\/a>,&nbsp;exploring corporate climate litigation and the boundaries and interactions between science, the law and policy. The series&nbsp;contains&nbsp;contributions from legal scholars,&nbsp;economists&nbsp;and other social scientists, reviewed by practising lawyers. It is co-hosted with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/global-school-of-sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global School of Sustainability<\/a>&nbsp;at LSE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The commentaries address pressing questions, highlight areas for future&nbsp;research&nbsp;and explore potential ways forward, providing&nbsp;timely&nbsp;and practical insights.&nbsp;The series is designed for stakeholders ranging from lawyers to regulators, investors and others seeking clarity in the rapidly evolving landscape of corporate climate responsibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commentaries in the series:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/news\/bridging-science-and-law-for-corporate-climate-accountability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Bridging science and law for corporate climate accountability<\/strong><\/a>&#8239;(26 February 2026)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/news\/how-states-can-overcome-the-challenges-in-regulating-corporate-climate-transition-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>How states can overcome the challenges in regulating corporate climate transition plans<\/strong><\/a>&#8239;(2 March 2026)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/news\/climate-litigations-impact-evaluation-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Climate litigation&rsquo;s impact evaluation problem<\/strong><\/a>&#8239;(9 March 2026)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background to the series&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The series&nbsp;was inspired by a&nbsp;workshop hosted&nbsp;by the Grantham&nbsp;Research Institute&nbsp;in October 2025,&nbsp;bringing&nbsp;together legal scholars, climate lawyers, economists, political scientists and climate scientists,&nbsp;to explore issues and evidence in forward-looking corporate climate litigation, focusing on the boundaries and interactions between science, the law and policy.&nbsp;Like other important efforts it builds on &ndash; such as the&#8239;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk\/research\/climate-research-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Climate Research Forum<\/strong><strong>&#65279;<\/strong><\/a>&#8239;and the&#8239;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Union of Concerned Scientists<\/strong><strong>&#65279;<\/strong><\/a>&#8239;&ndash; the workshop provided a space for climate scientists and legal experts to collaborate on strengthening evidence-based climate governance.&nbsp;The series&nbsp;supports&nbsp;this dialogue and interdisciplinary collaboration between research and practice on these vital issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\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&nbsp;commentary&nbsp;series&nbsp;explores corporate climate litigation and the boundaries and interactions between science, the law and policy.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":84856,"template":"","tags":[1147,183,178,4595],"news-category":[16],"topic_area":[4690,4694,4695],"class_list":["post-85276","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-climate-litigation","tag-climate-policy","tag-climate-science","tag-corporate-accountability","news-category-20-commentary","topic_area-climate-science-and-impacts","topic_area-policy-evaluation","topic_area-climate-change-laws-and-litigation"],"acf":{"exclude_from_sync":{"ref_value":"field_560538b0e7350","value":"0","type":false,"post_type":""},"show_translations_widget":{"ref_value":"field_6203d588c41e8","value":"0","type":false,"post_type":""},"downloads":{"ref_value":"field_52f16cc1a80f2","value":false,"type":"repeater","post_type":""},"rss_newsletter":{"ref_value":"field_54f5c2c1544d8","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"profile_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f164b5189e9","value":["climate-litigation-commentary-series"],"type":"relationship","post_type":""},"spotlight":{"ref_value":"field_52f80896506d3","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"article_link":{"ref_value":"field_52eee3c7f0586","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"article_link_title":{"ref_value":"field_5322399d89d42","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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