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SUMMARY:Global trends in climate litigation
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Ma
 laysia Auditorium\, Centre Building)
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 25 June 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersCatherine HighamDr M
 ichael LernerRuchi ParekhDr Joana SetzerDr Maria Antonia TigreChairProfess
 or Jonathan PershingThis event marks the launch of the Grantham Research I
 nstitute’s Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation 2026 Snapshot repo
 rt\, an annual report now in its ninth year. The report presents an overvi
 ew of the expansion\, complexity\, and maturity in the global field of cli
 mate litigation.We examine the way in which the field continues to expand\
 , encompassing cases in new geographies and cases involving an increasingl
 y diverse array of actors. We also examine the way climate cases can creat
 e a “ripple effect” that impacts the activities of both companies and 
 regulators.We consider the way in which the field has evolved to become mo
 re complex as the transition picks up pace\, impacting corporate actors\, 
 but also communities and ecosystems. We examine the use of litigation that
  challenges climate policy and climate projects\, situating developments i
 n the courts alongside regulatory rollbacks and political backlash.We iden
 tify signs that the field of climate litigation is rapidly maturing. State
 s obligations to act on climate change are increasingly clear. While corpo
 rate obligations are less certain\, several recent decisions on admissibil
 ity can be seen as building blocks towards emergent norms of transnational
  corporate accountability.The event will begin with a short presentation f
 rom the report’s authors. A panel of experts in climate change law will 
 then provide their reflections.Meet our speakers and chairMaria Antonia Ti
 gre is the Director of Global Climate Change Litigation at the Sabin Cente
 r. She manages the Sabin Center's Global Climate Change Litigation Databas
 e with the support of the Sabin Center's Peer Review Network of Climate Li
 tigation. Maria Antonia is a leading expert in the field of climate change
  law and climate litigation\, having published dozens of articles on the t
 opic. She also co-heads the Sabin Center and GNHRE's project on Climate Li
 tigation in the Global South. Her research particularly focuses on rights-
 based climate litigation\, climate litigation in the Global South\, and in
 ternational advisory opinions on climate change.Catherine Higham is a Seni
 or Policy Fellow at at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change a
 nd the Environment\, at LSE. Catherine Co-leads the Climate Change Laws of
  the World project – the most comprehensive global resource on climate l
 egislation and policy and co-authors the Global Trends in Climate Litigati
 on Snapshot Report series.Michael Lerner is an Assistant Professor of Poli
 tical Science and Public Policy in the Department of Government. Michael s
 tudies comparative environmental politics with a broad interest in the cha
 llenges and strategies related to adopting timely policy responses to envi
 ronmental change. His research focuses on policy advocacy\, including corp
 orate lobbying on climate change\, transnational advocacy networks and the
  innovation and diffusion of environmental policy.Ruchi Parekh has a broad
  public law practice with expertise in planning and environment\, informat
 ion\, local government and election law. She has acted in several leading 
 climate cases in the UK. Ruchi was named Planning and Land Use Junior of t
 he Year 2025 and featured in The Planner’s Women of Influence 2023. She 
 was listed in the 2023 ENDS Report Power List and shortlisted in the Diver
 sity and Inclusion: Future Leader category. She has an LLM from Harvard an
 d an LLB from LSE.Joana Setzer is an Associate Professorial Research Fello
 w at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
 \, at LSE. Dr Setzer is also the Co-lead of the Mobilizing political\, leg
 al and governance systems theme of LSE’s new Global School of Sustainabi
 lity and the lead author of the Global Trends in Climate Litigation Snapsh
 ot Report series.Jonathan Pershing is the inaugural Dean of the Global Sch
 ool of Sustainability at LSE. Dr Pershing has extensive experience at the 
 highest level of US climate policy and has played a key role in creating i
 nternational climate agreements. He has held significant positions in the 
 US Department of State — including as the US Special Envoy for Climate C
 hange — and at the US Department of Energy\, as well as leadership roles
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