About this site

This site strives to be a source of information with regular updates on climate change lawsuits around the world. From cases grounded in human rights claims to straightforward tort suits, litigation relating to the climate crisis has grown substantially in recent years. And as the crisis continues and worsens, climate litigation is likely to rise as people increasingly seek relief through the courts. The trend has already begun, with over 1,400 cases filed in over 30 countries as of January 2020. While this site will in no way be keeping track of all of these cases, it will be following some of them.
 
More comprehensive information including databases of climate cases and other relevant sources and news reporting can be found under Resources. The Climate Case Tracker offers some background on select cases. But mostly this site is meant to provide updates on climate-related cases going forward.

About the author

Dana Drugmand is a freelance environmental journalist focused on covering climate and energy topics. She has reported professionally since 2012 and has covered climate change litigation and climate-related legal news since 2017, the year that she completed a Master's degree in Environmental Law & Policy (with a certificate in Climate Law) from Vermont Law School. Prior to graduate school she worked as a reporter for several local weekly newspapers, including in western Massachusetts and Teton Valley, Idaho, and interned at various environmental/progressive non-profits, including a summer internship at YES! magazine. Her writing has appeared in YES!, Truthout, Common Dreams, Earth Island Journal, Green Energy Times, GOOD, and New Internationalist, among other outlets. Currently she is a freelance reporter for DeSmog.