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2026 ANNUAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
This report was prepared by more than 30 authors from Latin America, who bring diverse voices, experiences, and knowledge regarding climate action in Latin America, combining regional analyses, global debates, and concrete implementation experiences across the region. Throughout its various sections, it addresses the main challenges, tensions, and opportunities of the current climate agenda, bringing into dialogue governance, financing, productive transformation, adaptation, and the growing role of subnational governments.
Autores: SSF, AIDA, ClimateWatch, La Ruta del Clima y otros.
Fecha: mayo 2026
2026 ANNUAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
This report was prepared by more than 30 authors from Latin America, who bring diverse voices, experiences, and knowledge regarding climate action in Latin America, combining regional analyses, global debates, and concrete implementation experiences across the region. Throughout its various sections, it addresses the main challenges, tensions, and opportunities of the current climate agenda, bringing into dialogue governance, financing, productive transformation, adaptation, and the growing role of subnational governments.
Autores: SSF, AIDA, ClimateWatch, La Ruta del Clima y otros.
Fecha: mayo 2026
CLIMATE LITIGATION IN THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR: PERSPECTIVES FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
This report analyzes the impact of climate litigation on the oil and gas sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean, assessing its contribution to climate governance and its role in preventing and redressing human rights violations. It also compares trends between the Global North and the Global South to identify patterns, challenges, and opportunities in the future development of climate litigation.
Autores: SEI-AIDA
Fecha: 2025
CLIMATE LITIGATION IN THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR: PERSPECTIVES FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
This report analyzes the impact of climate litigation on the oil and gas sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean, assessing its contribution to climate governance and its role in preventing and redressing human rights violations. It also compares trends between the Global North and the Global South to identify patterns, challenges, and opportunities in the future development of climate litigation.
Autores: SEI-AIDA
Fecha: 2025
GLOBAL TRENDS IN CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION: 2025 snapshot
This report by The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change focuses on key trends and developments in global climate change litigation beginning in 2024, while also highlighting important developments through May 2025. It provides a qualitative assessment of trends and themes in the types of cases filed. The primary data sources are the Sabin Center’s databases.
Authors: The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change
Date: 2025
GLOBAL TRENDS IN CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION: 2025 snapshot
This report by The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change focuses on key trends and developments in global climate change litigation beginning in 2024, while also highlighting important developments through May 2025. It provides a qualitative assessment of trends and themes in the types of cases filed. The primary data sources are the Sabin Center’s databases.
Authors: The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change
Date: 2025
STRATEGIC LITIGATION: CLIMATE AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
This SAGE Fund report, titled “Strategic Litigation: Climate and Corporate Accountability,” explores the legal strategies used by some CSOs to counter corporate power, based on projects supported by SAGE. The report highlights how communities and their allies engage at different stages of the legal process, from case development through litigation to the implementation of court rulings
Authors: SAGE Fund
Date: 2025
STRATEGIC LITIGATION: CLIMATE AND CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
This SAGE Fund report, titled “Strategic Litigation: Climate and Corporate Accountability,” explores the legal strategies used by some CSOs to counter corporate power, based on projects supported by SAGE. The report highlights how communities and their allies engage at different stages of the legal process, from case development through litigation to the implementation of court rulings
Authors: SAGE Fund
Date: 2025
JUSTICE IN THE TRANSITION: LITIGATING CORPORATE ABUSE IN THE SHIFT TO CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL 2025
This report is the 2025 analysis of the “Just Transition Litigation Tracking Tool” from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. This year’s report covers a total of 95 lawsuits filed worldwide since 2009 by indigenous peoples, other frontline communities, human rights defenders, and workers, seeking to protect their human rights in the context of the energy transition across the renewable energy value chain.
Authors: Elodie Aba, Michael Clements, Jeeseon Hwang, Millie John-Pierre, Laura Mont Castro, Axelle Poussier, Małgorzata Tyczka.
Date: July 2025
JUSTICE IN THE TRANSITION: LITIGATING CORPORATE ABUSE IN THE SHIFT TO CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL 2025
This report is the 2025 analysis of the “Just Transition Litigation Tracking Tool” from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. This year’s report covers a total of 95 lawsuits filed worldwide since 2009 by indigenous peoples, other frontline communities, human rights defenders, and workers, seeking to protect their human rights in the context of the energy transition across the renewable energy value chain.
Authors: Elodie Aba, Michael Clements, Jeeseon Hwang, Millie John-Pierre, Laura Mont Castro, Axelle Poussier, Małgorzata Tyczka.
Date: July 2025
2024 BRAZILIAN CLIMATE LITIGATION BULLETIN
The Research Group on Law, Environment, and Justice in the Anthropocene (JUMA/PUC-Rio) has published the 2024 Brazilian Climate Litigation Bulletin. This third edition of the Bulletin systematizes the quantitative results to present a qualitative analysis of the data recorded on the Brazilian Climate Litigation Platform through October 31, 2024.
Authors: JUMA/PUC-Rio
Date: December 2024
2024 BRAZILIAN CLIMATE LITIGATION BULLETIN
The Research Group on Law, Environment, and Justice in the Anthropocene (JUMA/PUC-Rio) has published the 2024 Brazilian Climate Litigation Bulletin. This third edition of the Bulletin systematizes the quantitative results to present a qualitative analysis of the data recorded on the Brazilian Climate Litigation Platform through October 31, 2024.
Authors: JUMA/PUC-Rio
Date: December 2024
BOOK: ‘STATE RESPONSABILITIES IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS’ (in English)
The ecological transition poses multiple challenges for our society, including the role of the law and the capacity of our institutions to govern this process fairly and effectively. The goal is to protect human rights, preserve nature, strengthen the rule of law, and ensure social stability in a context of constant adaptation to an uncertain reality. This book, the result of a collective effort by legal scholars from the Global South and North, seeks to contribute to this task by exploring institutions and their challenges and interpreting the law to propose solutions.
Authors: Ezio Costa Cordella, Pilar Moraga Sariego (editors)
Date: December 2024
BOOK: ‘STATE RESPONSABILITIES IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS’ (in English)
The ecological transition poses multiple challenges for our society, including the role of the law and the capacity of our institutions to govern this process fairly and effectively. The goal is to protect human rights, preserve nature, strengthen the rule of law, and ensure social stability in a context of constant adaptation to an uncertain reality. This book, the result of a collective effort by legal scholars from the Global South and North, seeks to contribute to this task by exploring institutions and their challenges and interpreting the law to propose solutions.
Authors: Ezio Costa Cordella, Pilar Moraga Sariego (editors)
Date: December 2024
BOOK: ‘CLIMATE LITIGATION: THE ROLE OF CITIZENS AND JUDGES’
Written by specialists from various disciplines and backgrounds, this book examines the most relevant characteristics of climate litigation and describes the most notable cases with the aim of raising awareness of this form of access to justice in the fight against climate change.
Authors: Alexandre Peñalver i Cabré (coordinator) - Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona
Date: December 2024
BOOK: ‘CLIMATE LITIGATION: THE ROLE OF CITIZENS AND JUDGES’
Written by specialists from various disciplines and backgrounds, this book examines the most relevant characteristics of climate litigation and describes the most notable cases with the aim of raising awareness of this form of access to justice in the fight against climate change.
Authors: Alexandre Peñalver i Cabré (coordinator) - Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona
Date: December 2024
“REMEDY AND REPARATIONS FOR CLIMATE HARM: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE” (in English)
The report “Remedies and Reparations for Climate Harm: The Human Rights Case” establishes the legal basis for requiring states and corporations to fulfill their obligations to provide reparations for escalating climate harm. The report describes how the human right to reparations for loss and damage applies in the context of the human rights crisis driven by climate change, and examines the shortcomings of existing mechanisms under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Authors: Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Date: December 2024
“REMEDY AND REPARATIONS FOR CLIMATE HARM: THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE” (in English)
The report “Remedies and Reparations for Climate Harm: The Human Rights Case” establishes the legal basis for requiring states and corporations to fulfill their obligations to provide reparations for escalating climate harm. The report describes how the human right to reparations for loss and damage applies in the context of the human rights crisis driven by climate change, and examines the shortcomings of existing mechanisms under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Authors: Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Date: December 2024
LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE LITIGATION
Executive Summary of the Latin American Conference on Climate Litigation and Just Energy Transition, held in September 2023 in Bogotá, Colombia. The conference was organized by AIDA and the Heinrich Böll Foundation Colombia, with the aim of strengthening strategic climate litigation in the region and reflecting on its challenges and lessons learned. More than 80 people from various sectors participated, including lawyers, activists, advocates, scientists, and journalists. The conference focused on the following themes: 1) Just energy transition and its dilemmas; 2) Loss and damage; and 3) Clean air, human rights, and climate.
Authors: AIDA and the Heinrich Böll Foundation Colombia
Date: January 2024
LATIN AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE LITIGATION
Executive Summary of the Latin American Conference on Climate Litigation and Just Energy Transition, held in September 2023 in Bogotá, Colombia. The conference was organized by AIDA and the Heinrich Böll Foundation Colombia, with the aim of strengthening strategic climate litigation in the region and reflecting on its challenges and lessons learned. More than 80 people from various sectors participated, including lawyers, activists, advocates, scientists, and journalists. The conference focused on the following themes: 1) Just energy transition and its dilemmas; 2) Loss and damage; and 3) Clean air, human rights, and climate.
Authors: AIDA and the Heinrich Böll Foundation Colombia
Date: January 2024
JUST TRANSITION IN LATIN AMERICA
The document *Just Transition Litigation in Latin America: An Initial Conceptualization of Climate Litigation Cases Amid the Energy Transition* analyzes the recent trend of just transition litigation currently taking place in Latin America. This is a subset of climate litigation cases that has been little studied. The report analyzes 20 cases—limited to the energy sector—in four countries in the region that challenge the distribution of the burdens and benefits resulting from policies and projects aimed at decarbonization. Based on this subset of cases, the report proposes an initial categorization of just transition litigation cases.
Authors: Maria Antonia Tigre, Lorena Zenteno, Marlies Hesselman, Natalia Urzola, Pedro Cisterna-Gaete, Riccardo Luporini (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law)
Date: January 2023
JUST TRANSITION IN LATIN AMERICA
The document *Just Transition Litigation in Latin America: An Initial Conceptualization of Climate Litigation Cases Amid the Energy Transition* analyzes the recent trend of just transition litigation currently taking place in Latin America. This is a subset of climate litigation cases that has been little studied. The report analyzes 20 cases—limited to the energy sector—in four countries in the region that challenge the distribution of the burdens and benefits resulting from policies and projects aimed at decarbonization. Based on this subset of cases, the report proposes an initial categorization of just transition litigation cases.
Authors: Maria Antonia Tigre, Lorena Zenteno, Marlies Hesselman, Natalia Urzola, Pedro Cisterna-Gaete, Riccardo Luporini (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law)
Date: January 2023
INFORMATION SOURCES FOR CLIMATE LITIGATION IN LATIN AMERICA
This document contains a compilation of key information sources for climate litigation in Latin America. It provides useful information to help build or strengthen climate arguments for use in specific cases.
Author: AIDA
Date: May 2022
INFORMATION SOURCES FOR CLIMATE LITIGATION IN LATIN AMERICA
This document contains a compilation of key information sources for climate litigation in Latin America. It provides useful information to help build or strengthen climate arguments for use in specific cases.
Author: AIDA
Date: May 2022
THE WAVE NEWSLETTER
The Wave is a newsletter (in English) featuring news and information on climate litigation and climate justice. It covers lawsuits seeking to advance or delay climate action around the world, profiles the people filing them, analyzes litigation trends, and examines their implications and limitations.
THE WAVE NEWSLETTER
The Wave is a newsletter (in English) featuring news and information on climate litigation and climate justice. It covers lawsuits seeking to advance or delay climate action around the world, profiles the people filing them, analyzes litigation trends, and examines their implications and limitations.
COAL: A FUEL DOOMED TO BE BURIED
The report outlines five reasons why the extraction and burning of coal must end from economic, political, environmental, climate, and human rights perspectives. It also presents arguments in favor of decarbonizing Latin America’s energy mix through a process grounded in climate justice that respects human rights and gender equity.
Authors: Daniela García (AIDA) et al.
Date: May 2022
COAL: A FUEL DOOMED TO BE BURIED
The report outlines five reasons why the extraction and burning of coal must end from economic, political, environmental, climate, and human rights perspectives. It also presents arguments in favor of decarbonizing Latin America’s energy mix through a process grounded in climate justice that respects human rights and gender equity.
Authors: Daniela García (AIDA) et al.
Date: May 2022
LITIGATION IN MEXICO: PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES
Chapter from the book *Geodireito, Ecological Climate Justice: Perspectives for Latin America*, which outlines the path taken by climate litigation in Mexico and analyzes the perspectives and challenges of this type of legal action.
Authors: Rosalía Ibarra (UNAM), Verónica Méndez (AIDA)
Date: May 2022
LITIGATION IN MEXICO: PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES
Chapter from the book *Geodireito, Ecological Climate Justice: Perspectives for Latin America*, which outlines the path taken by climate litigation in Mexico and analyzes the perspectives and challenges of this type of legal action.
Authors: Rosalía Ibarra (UNAM), Verónica Méndez (AIDA)
Date: May 2022
GUIDE TO PUBLIC POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
This document seeks to expand the scope of what can be achieved through socio-environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes in the region and provides a summary of global best practices that define the basic principles and characteristics that must be present in all operational stages of EIAs, particularly regarding the incorporation of climate change-related elements into these assessments.
Authors: Ava Tomasula y García and Astrid Puentes (AIDA) et al.
Date: Feb 2021
GUIDE TO PUBLIC POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
This document seeks to expand the scope of what can be achieved through socio-environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes in the region and provides a summary of global best practices that define the basic principles and characteristics that must be present in all operational stages of EIAs, particularly regarding the incorporation of climate change-related elements into these assessments.
Authors: Ava Tomasula y García and Astrid Puentes (AIDA) et al.
Date: Feb 2021
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT
This document analyzes the binding nature and legal consequences of the implementation of the Paris Agreement for the States Parties. First, it briefly describes the background and core objectives of the Agreement. It then analyzes the obligations of each State regarding the fulfillment of these objectives and their applicability in relation to human rights. Next, it focuses on explaining how the assessment of implementation and compliance will be conducted. Finally, it examines some interesting precedents that demonstrate the enforceability of this instrument.
Author: AIDA
Date: June 2020
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT
This document analyzes the binding nature and legal consequences of the implementation of the Paris Agreement for the States Parties. First, it briefly describes the background and core objectives of the Agreement. It then analyzes the obligations of each State regarding the fulfillment of these objectives and their applicability in relation to human rights. Next, it focuses on explaining how the assessment of implementation and compliance will be conducted. Finally, it examines some interesting precedents that demonstrate the enforceability of this instrument.
Author: AIDA
Date: June 2020
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA: A HUMAN CRISIS
This report shows how global climate change is already negatively affecting the enjoyment of human rights in Latin America and the high probability that these impacts will worsen in the future.
The purpose of this report is not to provide an exhaustive list of all possible consequences of climate change, but rather to summarize the impacts that are best supported by evidence directly attributable to global climate change and those that have the greatest potential to affect the human rights of vulnerable individuals and communities in Latin America.
Authors: Lara Cushing and Jacob Kopas (AIDA) et al.
Date: December 2011
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA: A HUMAN CRISIS
This report shows how global climate change is already negatively affecting the enjoyment of human rights in Latin America and the high probability that these impacts will worsen in the future.
The purpose of this report is not to provide an exhaustive list of all possible consequences of climate change, but rather to summarize the impacts that are best supported by evidence directly attributable to global climate change and those that have the greatest potential to affect the human rights of vulnerable individuals and communities in Latin America.
Authors: Lara Cushing and Jacob Kopas (AIDA) et al.
Date: December 2011
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN NDCs IN LATIN AMERICA
This document aims to provide a series of key elements regarding the inclusion of the human rights framework and gender perspective in the development, updating, and implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Latin American countries.
Thus, this document is intended to serve as a tool so that both decision-makers and civil society organizations can verify the proper integration of these fundamental issues into the aforementioned climate action planning instruments.
Authors: Verónica Mendez and Daniela García (AIDA) et al.
Date: November 2020
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN NDCs IN LATIN AMERICA
This document aims to provide a series of key elements regarding the inclusion of the human rights framework and gender perspective in the development, updating, and implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of Latin American countries.
Thus, this document is intended to serve as a tool so that both decision-makers and civil society organizations can verify the proper integration of these fundamental issues into the aforementioned climate action planning instruments.
Authors: Verónica Mendez and Daniela García (AIDA) et al.
Date: November 2020
BANs AND MORATORIUMS ON FRACKING: COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION
This document compiles 15 cases from Europe, the Americas, and Oceania in which fracking has been banned or subject to a moratorium through a series of legal and administrative mechanisms driven by various concerns and arguments, including the significant greenhouse gas emissions associated with fracking and its resulting impacts on climate change.
Authors: Ariel Pérez, Claudia Velarde, Carlos Lozano, and Danny Thiemann (AIDA) et al.
Date: 2019
BANs AND MORATORIUMS ON FRACKING: COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION
This document compiles 15 cases from Europe, the Americas, and Oceania in which fracking has been banned or subject to a moratorium through a series of legal and administrative mechanisms driven by various concerns and arguments, including the significant greenhouse gas emissions associated with fracking and its resulting impacts on climate change.
Authors: Ariel Pérez, Claudia Velarde, Carlos Lozano, and Danny Thiemann (AIDA) et al.
Date: 2019