Global trends in climate change litigation: 2023 snapshot

This report reviews key global developments in climate change litigation, with a focus on the period May 2022 to May 2023, drawing primarily on the Climate Change Litigation databases maintained by the Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law. It is the fifth edition of our annual report on global trends in climate change litigation. Each report provides a synthesis of the latest research and developments in the climate change litigation field, outlining general trends to date as well as focusing on cases filed in the previous 12 months. This edition contains an update on case numbers, metrics and categorisations based on those used in previous years’ reports, a thematic review of recent cases, and a discussion of…

• GF
  Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
• LS
  London School of Economics and Political Science
• IC
  Imperial College London
• UO
  University of Leeds
• GR
  Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science
• EA
  Economic and Social Research Council