Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation is published in Nature Climate Change, a leading interdisciplinary science journal, and is the first global study on the use and interpretation of climate-science evidence in lawsuits. And 48% of cases, that focused on extreme weather events, claimed that the weather occurred due to climate change, without providing evidence. Many climate-related lawsuits, that rely on evidence on the link between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts, have been unsuccessful. ‘However, many climate-related lawsuits, that rely on evidence on the link between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change impacts, have been unsuccessful. Climate litigation aimed at generating that accountability is on the rise, but the results have been mixed.
