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The issue of tortious liability for harm caused by climate change has risen to some prominence in recent legal literature. However, except for a few U.S. cases, litigation in this area remains dormant in most jurisdictions. Now, in anticipation of the likelihood – and desirability – of such litigation, this ground-breaking study examines the extent to which a claim brought by a private, public, or quasi-public claimant against a private defendant (such as a producer of fossil fuels or major emitter of greenhouse gases) alleging climate change–related damage, and based on one or more causes of action under the English law of torts, can be pursued in the English Courts. Focusing on the circumstances and the prerequisites that must be met in order to construct a potentially successful case, the author addresses the following questions: • On the basis of a high-level review of the relevant scientific literature, what impacts is climate change expected to have on the human and natural environment? • What goals would be served by climate change litigation? • Under what circumstances would the English Courts accept jurisdiction in relation to a climate change claim? • To what extent can e

Author

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters

Publisher

Austin [Tex.]: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands: Kluwer Law International ; Frederick, MD: Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9789041132536

Subjects

Law