Document Type
Report
Publication Date
12-2025
Abstract
Drawing from cases collected in the Sabin Center’s Climate Litigation Database, this report offers insights into global climate litigation developments during 2025. This third installment in our year-end series provides a snapshot of how the field of climate litigation evolved over the course of the year. The report revisits significant rulings from around the world and connects them to eight illustrative themes: (1) climate change in international courts and tribunals; (2) environmental assessment and permitting; (3) non-compliance with climate commitments; (4) constitutional and human rights; (5) greenwashing and climate-washing; (6) corporate accountability cases; (7) standing; and (8) deregulatory suits.
Disciplines
Comparative and Foreign Law | Courts | Environmental Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Maria Antonia Tigre and Margaret Barry, Climate Change in the Courts: A 2025 Retrospective (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, December 2025)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/264
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