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This seminar will be conducted through Zoom. Please register to join this seminar. You will then receive an email with the dial in details. The seminar will not be recorded.
Registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrf-ysrj0pSQPzHGT2FBHxFJuxFws82Q
The meeting is set up so that you will join muted and without video. The presenter will start at 3pm and share their screen to show the presentation. There will be time at the end for a Q&A session. Please use the ‘raise your hand’ function and the presenter will unmute you. A video on how to do this is here.
ABSTRACT:
The impacts of climate change are increasingly visible around the world. In the absence of an international mechanism for financial restitution (the preamble to the Paris Agreement explicitly states that it does not ‘provide a basis for any liability or compensation’) the courts have been identified as a potential route for securing compensation for climate impacts. However, thus far, no legal case seeking compensation for a defendant’s contribution to the impacts of climate change has resulted in payments being made to affected communities.
Drawing on learnings from Lliuya v. RWE, an ongoing case in the German courts, this presentation will explain how plaintiffs can maximise their chances of success in the courts, examine what the implications of successful litigation might be, and ask how realistic these goals really are.