Obstacles to Climate Litigation

It is important to keep in mind that one of the worst things for climate litigation are negative precedents. Therefore you will want to carefully consider the different obstacles to climate litigation that have appeared over time.

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When you suspect that your court might not have the expertise to consider all the available information from around the world, Amicus curiae briefs may be used to provide additional information.

See here for an Amicus curiae brief against a compensation law suit in the US. At the same time it gives a good idea of the obstacles that need to be overcome.

Please help to complete this section by extracting more obstacles from lost cases.