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A website that provides updates on new climate litigation cases.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal research sources,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
Columbia Law School’s database provides a comprehensive collection of different pieces of climate litigation brought across the world.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal research sources,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
UNEP releases annual reports which compare the actual GHG emissions reductions with the GHG emissions reductions we have to make to avoid temperature rises of 1.5°C and 2°C. It considers different scenarios and makes projections on the basis of current policies. It also outlines the level of GHG emissions reductions that need to be made […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
This is the most recent climate change agreement under the UNFCCC. Its key features are: It sets an objective of limiting global temperature rises to well below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C; All countries have an obligation to reduce their GHG emissions; and Countries have to submit nationally determined contributions, which detail countries […]
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
This was the first international agreement on climate change. It sets the global framework for negotiations on climate change and 197 countries are parties. It contains general obligations for countries to: Take mitigation measures to avoid dangerous climate change; and Take adaptation measures to protect impacted communities. But, as a framework convention, its commitments are […]
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Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
This is the latest of the World Health Organisation’s assessments of the health impacts that climate change is projected to have. The assessment concludes that climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050; 38,000 due to heat exposure in elderly people, 48,000 due to diarrhoea, 60,000 due […]
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Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Climate change,
The Casebook contains more than 20 recent investigative stories from around the world, covering a wide variety of topical subjects such as freedom of information, good governance, social and legal issues, the environment, health and gender. Each article is accompanied by an explanation of how the authors conducted their research and wrote their pieces.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: How-to guides (manuals, toolkits),
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
The dashboard provides a range of resources to assist people undertaking investigative research. Many of the tools can be used to assist the evidence gathering process when bringing a case to court.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 25,000 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,500 tipsheets from our national conferences, Watchdog Workshops, and on-the-road training on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories. IRE gives you resources that no reporter or editor […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
The Global Investigative Journalism Network is an international association of journalism organizations that support the training and sharing of information among investigative and data journalists—with special attention to those from repressive regimes and marginalized communities. Their key activities include: Providing resources and networking services to investigative journalists worldwide; Publishing in multiple languages and on multiple […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
Action4Justice is a group of NGO’s united to support public interest litigation worldwide as a means to advance social justice.
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