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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This guide has given you an introduction into climate litigation and what options you can have when it comes to using legal action for climate justice. Having information and support is key if you want to take climate litigation. If after reading this guide you are thinking about taking legal action, the organisations and resources outlined […]
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There are alternatives to going to national courts if you want to challenge governments and corporations about their policies and actions on climate change. This section of the Guide will give you an introduction on some of these alternatives and give you tips on how to use them.
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En cualquier tipo de caso legal, se necesita probar ante la corte que su “versión de los eventos”(lo que usted está diciendo que pasó) realmente ocurrió. Para probar el caso se necesita evidencia. Evidencia es la información, ya sea en forma física, oral, escrita o “real”, que se presenta ante la corte, para probar un […]
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En cualquier tipo de caso legal, se necesita probar ante la corte que su “versión de los eventos”(lo que usted está diciendo que pasó) realmente ocurrió. Para probar el caso se necesita evidencia. Evidencia es la información, ya sea en forma física, oral, escrita o “real”, que se presenta ante la corte, para probar un […]
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This Guide has so far focused on claims by people directly affected by climate change, or organisations who represent them, and claims against contributors to climate change, such as governments or corporations who may be able to reduce emissions or their impact. But in addition to physical harm, climate change has a huge effect on […]
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This section of the Guide concerns legal claims against big corporations who have significantly contributed and continue to contribute to climate change. These claims often ask for corporations to contribute to the cost of responding to climate impacts, compensation for damage, or for court orders to change or restrict their actions. These companies can be […]
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The biggest cause of climate change is excessive GHG emissions created by the combustion of fossil fuels (oil, coal and gas). As a result, the following types of carbon-emitting projects are big contributors to climate change: Oil exploration and drilling: The process of drilling is carbon intensive. More importantly, the oil and natural gas that’s […]
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This section concerns what can be called “Adaptation Claims”. They are called adaptation claims because they involve bringing governments to court to demand that they take adequate adaptation measures. Adaptation concerns minimizing or avoiding the impacts of climate change (e.g. flooding due to sea level rises) by adapting to changing conditions. These cases seek to […]
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This section concerns what can be called “Mitigation Claims”. They are called mitigation claims because they involve bringing governments to court to demand that they take better mitigation measures. They seek to force governments to take bolder action to reduce emissions or to support non-GHG emitting alternatives, such as renewable energy. Mitigation claims are typically […]
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