An analysis published earlier this year in The Wave, a newsletter specializing in climate litigation and climate justice, indicates that 2023 will be a crucial year for climate litigation worldwide due to the large number of significant cases that will go to trial or reach a verdict. The publication provides an overview of cases in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Uganda, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and China, among other countries, as well as regionally significant cases in Europe and Africa.

 

In these lawsuits, the defendants include governments and private companies. In Latin America, a region that has been a pioneer in its innovative approaches to climate litigation, the analysis indicates that litigation will increase and improve. This trend, projected for this year globally, follows rulings issued in 2022 by courts around the world that halted the construction of polluting power plants and denounced human rights violations stemming from the climate crisis.

 

MORE INFORMATION (in English): https://www.the-wave.net/climate-litigation-watershed-year/