{"id":39045,"date":"2018-10-22T14:15:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T13:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=39045"},"modified":"2022-05-04T15:54:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:54:08","slug":"if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-suing-corporations-for-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/publication\/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-suing-corporations-for-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"If at first you don&#8217;t succeed: suing corporations for climate change"},"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 paper discusses the history and the future prospects of private climate litigation, which seeks to hold private entities legally accountable for climate change-related damage or threats of damage. It argues that, following failed attempts to clear judicial thresholds with regard to standing, proof of harm and causation, a new wave of private climate change lawsuits can be identified, and it is by no means doomed to failure. This is because climate change litigation takes place in a rapidly evolving scientific, discursive and constitutional context, which generates new opportunities for judges to rethink the interpretation of existing legal and evidentiary requirements and apply them in a way that will enhance the accountability of major private carbon producers. Moreover, even unsuccessful cases can contribute to articulating climate change as a legal and financial risk, which may help to guide climate change responsive adjudication in the longer term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ganguly, Geetanjali and Setzer, Joana and Heyvaert, Veerle (2018) If at first you don&rsquo;t succeed: suing corporations for climate change. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 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