{"id":58434,"date":"2022-01-13T17:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=publication&p=58434"},"modified":"2024-08-16T12:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T11:10:22","slug":"climate-washing-litigation-legal-liability-for-misleading-climate-communications","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/publication\/climate-washing-litigation-legal-liability-for-misleading-climate-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate-washing litigation: legal liability for misleading climate communications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Report produced with the Climate Social Science Network<\/path><\/svg><\/a> and Lewis & Clark Law School<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This report aims to enhance the legal community’s understanding of climate-related ‘greenwashing’ litigation – the use of unsubstantiated or misleading claims about, or selective disclosure of, environmental performance or best practice for commercial or political gain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need to combat greenwashing came under the spotlight at the UN summit COP26 in November 2021 and the developments there, as well as mounting pressure from a wide range of stakeholders, are likely to motivate a rise in legal and activist action against greenwashing, amplifying an existing trend in climate litigation that is likely to escalate in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report analyses this type of litigation, which can also be described as ‘climate-washing’ litigation, by examining key cases and developments, particularly cases and complaints brought against the largest emitters of greenhouse gases (predominantly non-state actors). The report aims to address the lack of examination of this specific type of litigation to date by: <\/p>\n\n\n\n