Governments and corporates are facing an onslaught of litigation over climate change, environmental damag… Governments and corporates are facing an onslaught of litigation over climate change, environmental damage and allegations of ‘greenwashing’. The rise of environmental lawsuits launched by individuals, NGOs, companies and trade associations is staggering: in the 28Continue Reading
Over the past 12 months, courts from Indonesia to Australia have made groundbreaking rulings that blocked polluting power plants and denounced the human rights violations of the climate crisis. But 2023 could be even more important, with hearings and judgments across the world poised to throw light on the worstContinue Reading
In recent years there has been a sharp increase in litigation involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as previously reported in Bloomberg. Much of this litigation involves groundwater near manufacturing facilities, airports, and military bases. Regulators and special interest groups are now focusing on the alleged presence of PFAS inContinue Reading
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS Class-action plaintiffs’ lawyers increasingly are using changing environmental regulations, new reporting requirements, and companies’ voluntary disclosures as the alleged basis for a legal duty when filing wide-ranging putative class actions. These trends are part of the evolving landscape of ESGContinue Reading
The tangible commitment to plastics regulation and action will likely trigger a new wave of plastics-related litigation. The new global plastics treaty has been heralded as the most important environmental accord since the Paris Agreement in 2015. In the same way we have seen an uptick in climate related disputesContinue Reading
Interviewed by lead paralegal at Lexis®PSL Barbora Kozusnikova, Clyde & Co associate Zaneta Sedilekova and senior associate Wynne Lawrence, discuss biodiversity litigation and what businesses can do to mitigate risk in this area. What is biodiversity litigation? There is no universally established definition of biodiversity litigation yet. However, biodiversityContinue Reading
The Tagus estuary near Lisbon is Portugal’s largest wetland, a vital habitat and stopover for tens of thousands of migratory birds, including flamingos, black-tailed godwits and glossy ibis. It has also been earmarked as the site of a new airport, leading the environmental law charity ClientEarth and a group ofContinue Reading
TAIPEI, Nov. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In conjunction with the 2020 Tang Prize Award Ceremony held virtually on November 20, three lectures by the 2020 winners for Rule of Law were premiered consecutively online in the evening of the same day, where representatives from three NGOs in Bangladesh, Colombia, andContinue Reading
As consumers, investors, and other stakeholders are focused more than ever on the impacts of their purchasing and investment decisions, companies are seeking to convey information on the environmental attributes of their products and services as well as their sustainability performance. Yet the risks associated with these claims and communicationsContinue Reading
As the pivotal COP26 climate conference nears, there is a sense of betrayal within the climate movement that setting more targets is becoming futile. The Paris climate agreement not only lacks ambition, but commitments are simply not being met. Fossil fuel companies meanwhile have been able to maintain business as usual,Continue Reading
