Webinar: Launch of the Special Issue on Climate Litigation in the Chinese Journal of Environmental Law
In December 2023, the Chinese Journal of Environmental Law published a special issue on climate litigation, edited by Maria Antonia Tigre and Otto Spijkers. The special issue features a wide range of articles written exclusively by rapporteurs of the Sabin Center’s Peer Review Network of Climate Litigation. This special issue addresses persistent imbalances and disparities in climate litigation, transcending perceived challenges by broadening the narrative and exploring uncharted territories. With over 50% of cases across diverse jurisdictions favorably aligned with climate action, the issue presents incisive analyses spanning themes, jurisdictions, and innovative dimensions within climate litigation. Examining cases from Belgium, Italy, Argentina, South Africa, Germany, China, Japan, and the aviation sector, the special issue contributes to a richer understanding of climate litigation's pivotal role in addressing global challenges. This webinar will launch the special issue, with brief presentations by the authors of the papers included in it.
Program:
- Word of Welcome from the CJEL co-editors in chief, Tianbao Qin and Ben Boer
- Introduction to the Special Issue on Climate Litigation, Maria Antonia Tigre and Otto Spijkers
- Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis, Gastón Medici-Colombo and María Valeria Berros
- Climate Litigation in a ‘Developmental State’: The Case of China, Mingzhe Zhu
- Japanese Climate Litigation and the Development of Personal Rights, Yumeno Grace Nishikawa
- Rights-Based Climate Litigation in South Africa and the Netherlands, Zunaida Moosa Wadiwala
- ‘Urgenda-Style’ Strategic Climate Change Litigation in Italy: A Tale of Human Rights and Torts?, Matteo Fermeglia and Riccardo Luporini
- The Belgian Climate Case: From Federalism Idiosyncrasies to Arboreal Novelties, Antoine De Spiegeleir
- Climate Litigation, Extraterritoriality of Human Rights and the German Constitution, Lea Main-Klingst and Hermann E Ott
- The Right to a Life-Sustaining Climate System: Selected Case Law, Marcin Stoczkiewicz
- Comments and reflections, Benoît Mayer