Environmental & Energy
Jun. 4, 2021
European rulings show new approach to climate change cases
A trifecta of climate change rulings — finding standing in NGOs and individuals against contributors to climate change and governments — present new thinking on duty, the standard of care, causation and the levers available to protect the planet.
Beth Hummer
Counsel
Hanson Bridgett LLP
Beth is a highly regarded attorney who focuses on litigation of environmental contamination and real estate matters. Beth works on some of the highest-profile environmental cases in the state of California.
Davina Pujari
Partner
WilmerHale LLP
Phone: (628) 235-1136
Email: davina.pujari@wilmerhale.com
Davina co-chairs the firm's Environment and Natural Resources Group and leads the Environmental Crimes and Investigations practice. She has more than 25 years of experience as a trial attorney in environmental and criminal law matters in both state and federal court.
Addressing climate change is no longer a matter of international agreements and government policies, untouchable in litigation as a political question. Recent litigation across Western Europe has forced the hand of governments and culminated in Vereniging Milieudefensie's successful tort action against Royal Dutch Shell plc. Climate change litigation is percolating in the United States, too; the Dutch judgment tells us we need to prepare for new developments in enforc...
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