PROJECT GUIDELINES

Project Title:

The climate Files: Promoting Strategic Climate Litigation

Project Aim:

Our project aims to promote strategic climate litigation as a tool for achieving environmental justice, while also providing a critical analysis of current jurisprudence in the field. By identifying legal avenues and gaps, we aim to empower students, lawyers, and organizations with strategies to hold corporations and governments accountable for environmental harm.

Project Overview:

Climate litigation has emerged as a powerful mechanism to enforce climate commitments and protect vulnerable ecosystems. However, strategic use of the courts in advancing environmental goals is still developing. Lexpressed will focus on:

- Analyzing Existing Jurisprudence: Evaluating key climate-related rulings, identifying trends, and assessing their impact on future legal challenges.

- Promoting New Litigation Strategies: Advocating for an increase in lawsuits that target systemic climate issues, such as corporate responsibility and government inaction, while highlighting successful case studies from around the world.

- Proposing policy solutions: Propose and explore innovative legal frameworks that integrate climate action into areas such as human rights, corporate accountability, and public health, ensuring comprehensive legal protection against environmental degradation. 

Key Areas of Focus:

1. Corporate Accountability: Legal pathways to hold major polluters accountable for their carbon footprint.

2. Human Rights and Climate Change: Integrating human rights law into climate litigation strategies, emphasizing the protection of marginalized communities.

3. Government Inaction: Challenging inadequate government policies and failures to meet international climate commitments.

Proposal Submission Guidelines:

Submission Deadline:

Rolling basis, please submit to info.lexpressed@gmail.com

Research Focus/Thesis:

Each proposal must present a clear and concise research focus or thesis. The submission should identify a specific issue or challenge in climate litigation or jurisprudence and propose innovative solutions or strategies grounded in legal analysis.

Length:

Proposals should be no longer than one page. 

Title:

A concise title that captures the essence of the proposal.

Structure:

Flexible but these indicators may be used as a guideline.

1. Problem Statement:

A brief description of the climate-related legal issue being addressed.

2. Proposed Solution/Thesis:

A clear outline of the solution or strategy proposed, supported by relevant legal principles, case studies, or jurisprudence.

3. Impact:

A short statement on how the proposed idea could influence or advance climate litigation efforts or policy.