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Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | August 3-7, 2026
This page tracks the latest climate litigation news, including key rulings, new filings, and procedural developments from courts around the world. The Climate Court Litigation Tracker covers climate lawsuits, environmental and biodiversity cases, greenwashing claims, and corporate climate accountability litigation. Updates are organised by the date rulings and/or updates were added to the Litigation Tracker. If you are looking for earlier updates and archived coverage, those
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Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | August 3-7, 2026
This page tracks the latest climate litigation news, including key rulings, new filings, and procedural developments from courts around the world. The Climate Court Litigation Tracker covers climate lawsuits, environmental and biodiversity cases, greenwashing claims, and corporate climate accountability litigation. Updates are organised by the date rulings were issued or cases were filed and are added daily. Earlier updates and archived coverage are available in the Resources
Aug 32 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | July 27-31, 2026
This page tracks the latest climate litigation news, including key rulings, new filings, and procedural developments from courts around the world. The Climate Court Litigation Tracker covers climate lawsuits, environmental and biodiversity cases, greenwashing claims, and corporate climate accountability litigation. Updates are organised by the date rulings were issued or cases were filed and are added daily. Earlier updates and archived coverage are available in the Resources
Jul 272 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | July 20-24, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Jul 212 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | July 13-17, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Jul 212 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | June 29 – July 3, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Jul 12 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | June 22-26, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Jun 223 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | June 15-19, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Jun 152 min read
The European Court of Human Rights' New Business and Human Rights Guide: What It Reveals About Strasbourg's Approach to Corporate Activity
The European Court of Human Rights has published its first dedicated Guide on Business and Human Rights, bringing together a large body of jurisprudence that has developed across property disputes, environmental litigation, labour law, corporate governance, freedom of expression, privacy, sanctions, taxation, licensing and access to justice. The publication does not establish new legal principles. Its value lies elsewhere. By assembling these authorities within a single docum
Jun 108 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | June 8-12, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Jun 92 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | June 1-5, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Jun 12 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | May 25-29, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
May 272 min read


A New Climate Case on Facilitated Emissions Liability and State-Owned Infrastructure
Stichting Advocates for the Future v. Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V. In a new case against Havenbedrijf Rotterdam (initiated on May 12, 2026), the pre-litigation letter does not start with smokestacks or balance sheets. The Port Authority does not extract fossil fuels or burn them. What it does is organise the space, infrastructure, and contractual framework through which those activities occur at scale. In the words of the notice, “enormous quantities of oil, coal and gas are i
May 134 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | May 11-15, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
May 112 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | May 4-8, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
May 52 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | April 27-May 1, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Apr 282 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | April 20-24, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate clim
Apr 212 min read


ING’s Answer in the Milieudefensie Climate Case Is a Direct Challenge to the Legal Theory Behind Financed Emissions Claims
In perhaps one of the most important climate cases that is unfolding in 2026, we now have ING's statement of defence in Milieudefensie v ING. In this climate case against ING, rather than targeting a company for its own emissions, the claim focuses on what banks enable through their lending and investment portfolios (financed emissions). The core idea is that financial institutions can be required, as a matter of civil liability, to align their financing activities with cli
Apr 188 min read


Germany’s Top Civil Court Draws a Line on Corporate Climate Liability
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has delivered a pair of closely watched rulings that go to the heart of a growing question in corporate climate liability: can private companies be required, through civil law, to align their conduct with global climate targets? In its decisions of 23 March 2026, the Court considered claims against a German automobile manufacturer seeking to restrict the continued production and sale of combustion-engine vehicles. The plaintiffs framed their
Apr 152 min read
Climate Litigation News and Case Updates | April 13-17, 2026
This page provides the latest climate litigation news, tracking key court decisions, new filings, and procedural developments from climate change lawsuits around the world. Updates are added on a rolling basis through the Climate Court Litigation Tracker , which monitors significant climate-related cases across national and international courts, including climate lawsuits, climate-related environmental litigation, biodiversity litigation, greenwashing cases, and corporate cl
Apr 132 min read
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