‘Climate washing’ litigation has risen sharply in the last two years as environmental groups and governments grow frustrated with corporate claims about their contribution to tackling climate change, a report showed
Activists hold an anti-fossil fuel protest at the pre-cop28 climate conference, in front of the United Nations building in Bonn, Germany, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Riham Alkousaa/File Photo
The report, compiled by London's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, defines 'climate washing' as cases that challenge companies, and occasionally governments, over misinformation or misleading green claims. Lawyers, working on behalf of activists and others frustrated with progress in lowering greenhouse gas emissions, have filed 2,341 climate litigation cases worldwide, half of them since 2015. The majority of cases have been filed in the United States.
Total climate litigation cases filed in the year to May 31 dipped to 190 from 266 the previous year, but the report found that the diversity of cases was growing.Last week, an Oregon county sued major oil and coal companies, and industry groups,The cities of Paris and New York last year joined a coalition of associations and local authoritiesRegulators face courtroom pressure too.
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