The Future of International Climate Change Disputes

Introduction

Living through increasingly extreme weather events means climate change litigation is only set to increase.

However, the future of international climate change litigation is not going to focus purely on challenges against governments as it has in the past - future disputes will have companies and insurers firmly in their firing line.

This webinar will provide an update on the likely direction of travel.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The trends in international case law
• A focus on climate change challenges being brought in the UK
• Recent international case law including the Urgenda decision and the Shell decision
• How Urgenda and Shell style challenges could be leveraged in the future across different industries and private law challenges
• Areas of particular focus for future challenge including pensions funds, insurance disputes and greenwashing
• Forthcoming regulatory and legislative changes

This webinar was recorded on 7th November 2022