Climate Litigation News Updates | January 19-23, 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 19

Indonesia:

• Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Rejects Petition Seeking Mandatory Environmental Education: environmental education, constitutional review, education policy

January 20

United Kingdom:

• High Court Issues Costs and Appeal Rulings in Mariana v BHP Consequentials Judgment: costs, appeal, environmental liability

Indonesia:

• Indonesia Files Rp4.84 Trillion Lawsuit Against Six Companies Over Environmental Damage in North Sumatra: deforestation, flood risk, polluter pays

January 21

United States:

• Federal Defendants Move to Dismiss Environmental Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in OCSLA Challenge: offshore drilling, standing, Arctic protections

January 22

Europe:

• EU General Court Upholds Science-Based Toxicity Label for Rubber Additive DAPD: EU chemicals law, reproductive toxicity, industrial regulation

United States:

• Environmental Groups Back California in Challenge to Federal Rollback of Clean Air Act Waivers: Clean Air Act, vehicle emissions, federal preemption

  
  

• New Lawsuit Seeks U.S. Seafood Import Ban to Protect Māui and Hector’s Dolphins: Marine Mammal Protection Act, seafood imports, biodiversity

• Center for Biological Diversity Sues EPA Over Rollback of Coal Plant Water Pollution Standards: Clean Water Act, coal pollution, toxic wastewater

• Oregon Federal Court Strikes Down Forest Service Rule Allowing Large Scale Logging Without Environmental Review: NEPA, logging, wildfire management

January 23

Europe:

• CJEU Dismisses Poland’s Appeal Over Commission Set-Off Recovery of Turów Interim-Measure Penalties: EU environmental law; interim measures; state compliance

United States:

• NGOs Seek Rehearing Over DOE Orders Forcing Indiana Coal Plants to Stay Online: energy emergency powers; coal phase-out; administrative law

• Michigan AG Sues Big Oil Alleging Antitrust Conspiracy to Suppress Clean Energy and Raise Prices: antitrust enforcement; fossil fuel industry; clean energy markets

• California AG Secures $3.35M Settlement Over Misleading Plastic Bag Recycling Claims: plastic pollution, greenwashing, consumer protection

  
  

• Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Reapproval of Ambler Mining Road in Alaska: mining infrastructure, Indigenous rights, biodiversity

  
  

• California Sues Trump Administration Over Pipeline Restart and Federal Power Grab: fossil fuels, federalism, environmental safety

  
  

• Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration Freeze of $5B EV Charging Program: clean transportation, climate policy, infrastructure funding

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.