Join us for the launch of the Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation 2025 Snapshot Report - now in its seventh year. This influential report provides an annual overview of key developments in climate litigation worldwide and identifies emerging trends shaping the future of climate law and governance.
This year's report marks a decade since the landmark rulings in Urgenda Foundation v State of the Netherlands and Leghari v Federation of Pakistan. These cases pioneered the ‘rights-turn’ in climate litigation. Ten years on, the field has matured and diversified. In this edition, we expand our typology of case strategies to examine trends in cases heard by Supreme Courts and their equivalents, offering new insights into litigation outcomes at the highest judicial levels.
The event will begin with a short presentation from author Joana Setzer on the findings of the report. A panel of experts in climate change law will then provide reflections on the report, focusing on developments in key jurisdictions including the US, Brazil, Australia and East Asia, and the International Court of Justice.
Meet our speakers and chair
Danielle de Andrade Moreira is an adjunct professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro where she works with the Postgraduate Program in Law and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Environment (NIMA/PUC-Rio). She coordinates the Law, Environment, and Justice in the Anthropocene (JUMA) research group at NIMA/PUC-Rio. Dr Moreira leads a research project tracking developments in climate litigation across Brazil.
Kate Cook is a Barrister at Matrix Chambers, specialising in environmental, public international, and human rights law. She has appeared before the ICJ and other international tribunals on environmental and climate matters.
Michael Gerrard is the founder and faculty director of the groundbreaking Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School and one of the foremost environmental lawyers in the nation, Michael Gerrard is an advocate, litigator, teacher, and scholar who has pioneered cutting-edge legal tools and strategies for addressing climate change.
Jacqueline Peel is a leading, internationally-recognised expert in the field of environmental and climate change law. She is currently the Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, the University of Melbourne’s multidisciplinary climate change initiative.
Joana Setzer is Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at LSE. Dr Setzer is also the Co-lead of the Mobilizing political, legal and governance systems theme of LSE’s new Global School of Sustainability and the lead author of the Global Trends in Climate Litigation Snapshot Report series.
Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar, university administrator, and philanthropic leader, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.
More about this event
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The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (@GRI_LSE) was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading multidisciplinary centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise from across LSE and beyond, including on economics, finance, geography, the environment, science, law, international relations, development and political science.
Launched in 2025, the Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS) is advancing global efforts to shape a brighter future for all that is sustainable, resilient, hopeful, prosperous and inclusive.
This event is taking place as part of London Climate Action Week.
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