Full Description
While climate change litigation in developed countries of the 'Global North' is a well-studied phenomenon (from its distinctive characteristics and the contribution it is making, to the implementation of international climate laws like the Paris Agreement), relatively few studies focus on climate case law emerging elsewhere.
Litigating Climate Change in the Global South sheds light on emerging and accelerating climate litigation in developing countries across the three regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific. It is the first monograph-length work to provide a comprehensive assessment of this jurisprudence.
Amid growing scholarly and policy interest in climate change litigation and its impact on international climate governance, the book examines which Global South countries are seeing climate cases, what is driving these trends, the coalitions of actors involved, and the early impacts this litigation is having on global goals of climate mitigation and adaptation.
Contents
1: Litigating Climate Change in the Global South
2: Climate Change Litigation in the Era of the Paris Agreement
3: The Global South Climate Litigation Docket
4: The Emergence of Climate Change Litigation in the Global South
5: Actors in Global South Climate Change Litigation Mobilization Efforts
6: Assessing the Impact of Global South Climate Litigation
