[OPINION] Momentum for climate justice

This is manifested also in the continuing United Nations Climate Change Conferences, the last one held in Glasgow, Scotland, this November. Climate justice and human rightsSignificantly, according to the 2020 Global Climate Litigation Report (“Litigation Report”) of the United Nations Environment Program & Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, recent years have also seen a rapid increase in the number of cases filed related to climate change, with the number of cases almost doubling in just three years . In 2017, the Litigation Report counted 884 climate change cases pending in 24 countries. Building capacity for climate justiceIt is against this context that a small pilot project for law schools, called the Climate Justice Capacity Initiative (“CJCI”) was recently launched. The second direct objective of CJCI is to foster connections between law schools and communities dealing with environmental and climate change issues.