Climate Litigation News Updates | January 12-16, 2026

The latest climate litigation news and case developments are added on a rolling basis to the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, providing continuous access to the world’s most significant climate change lawsuits, environmental protection cases, biodiversity disputes, and other forms of climate-related litigation. Our global database brings together expert-written case summaries, primary court filings, judicial decisions, and live updates from national and international courts across all major jurisdictions.

Whether you are tracking corporate climate accountability claims, legal challenges to government climate policy, or climate-related human rights litigation, Climate Court helps you stay ahead of the legal developments shaping climate and environmental law worldwide.

Below, you’ll find this week’s latest climate litigation updates, organised by day to make it easy to follow recent filings, rulings, and procedural milestones. This page is updated daily as new climate and environmental cases emerge globally. For earlier coverage, you can explore prior weeks in our Resources section.

January 12

United States:

• Court Strikes Down Politically Targeted Clean Energy Grant Cancellations as Unconstitutional: Equal Protection, Clean Energy Funding, Political Discrimination

January 13

United States:

• Conservation Groups Revive Lawsuit to Block Oil and Gas Leasing in Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain: Arctic drilling, wildlife protection, federal leasing

• Youth Plaintiffs Ask Ninth Circuit to Revive Constitutional Climate Case Against Trump Fossil Fuel Orders: youth climate rights, executive orders, constitutional challenge

January 14

Climate litigation updates to be added here soon.

January 15

Climate litigation updates to be added here soon.

January 16

Climate litigation updates to be added here soon.

All of this week’s climate litigation updates are available in full in the Climate Court Litigation Tracker, where subscribers gain access to in-depth legal analyses, original court documents, and real-time tracking of climate and environmental lawsuits from around the world.

Monitoring climate litigation is increasingly essential for businesses, legal professionals, NGOs, investors, and policymakers, as court decisions now directly influence corporate sustainability strategies, regulatory compliance, and climate-risk management. Staying informed enables companies to anticipate legal exposure, helps lawyers and consultants advise clients effectively, and allows the public to follow how climate litigation is driving accountability and environmental justice globally.