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1 pm - 2:30 pm (ATL) • Webcast (Zoom)

This session is presented by the joint Atlantic PD series in Environment, Energy and Resources Law
 

Climate change litigation is an expanding and evolving field of law. Case numbers continue to rise (globally, more than doubling since 2015), while the range of claimants and defendants as well as the subjects of their disputes continue to diversify.

Our speaker, Dr. Janis Sarra, will guide you through this rapidly developing legal landscape and touch upon some of the following claims:

• Challenging government framework;
• Challenging corporate framework;
• Enforcing climate standards;
• Challenging flow of public financing for climate-unfriendly projects;
• Challenging failure to adapt to climate change policies;
• Damages for climate impact;
• Climate/green-washing; and
• Personal/fiduciary responsibility.

While also reviewing some emerging trends such as:

• litigation focused on personal responsibility, such as actions against the directors of              polluting entities;
• international litigation directed at attempting to gain redress for the “loss and damage”          caused by climate change;
• litigation targeted at ensuring governments and major corporate emitters comply with the      legally binding targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and
• corporate and governmental greenwashing that mislead the public and interested parties      about their products and/or actions.

CHAIR
Erik A. Homenick, Erik A. Homenick, P.C, Sussex

SPEAKER
Dr. Janis Sarra, Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, and principal at the Canada Climate Law Initiative