Research Paper
Causality and the fate of climate litigation: The role of the social superstructure narrative
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- Causality and the fate of climate litigation: The role of the social superstructure narrative
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Climate litigation has become a strategic tool to push for climate justice, including compensation for losses caused by climate change. Many cases rely on the establishment of a causal relationship between the defendants' emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and the plaintiffs' losses. All decided cases seeking compensation for a concrete climate related impact have been unsuccessful (thus far). Legal scholars as well as social and natural scientists have looked at individual cases and evidence...
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- Research Paper
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- Journal article
- Date created
- 2022
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- Otto, Friederike E. L. / Minnerop, Petra / Raju, Emmanuel / Harrington, Luke J. / Stuart‐Smith, Rupert F. / Boyd, Emily / James, Rachel / Jones, Richard / Lauta, Kristian C.
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- https://hdl.handle.net/10289/15208
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