"About 230 cases filed against corporations and trade associations around world since 2015".
"The number of climate lawsuits filed against companies around the world is rising swiftly, a report has found, and a majority of cases that have concluded have been successful.
About 230 climate-aligned lawsuits have been filed against corporations and trade associations since 2015, two-thirds of which have been initiated since 2020, according to the analysis published on Thursday by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
One of the most rapidly growing forms of litigation is over “climate-washing” – when companies are accused of misrepresenting their progress towards environmental targets – and the analysis found that 47 such cases were filed against companies and governments in 2023.
As climate communications are increasingly scrutinised, there has been arise in climate-washing litigation, often with positive outcomes for those bringing the cases. Of the 140 climate-washing cases reviewed between 2016 and 2023, 77 have officially concluded, 54 of which ended with a ruling in favour of the claimant."
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