Please find below the programme of our forthcoming event:
The Climate Litigation Conference: Reflecting on 10 years of climate litigation and looking beyond
On 11 December 2025 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the European Parliament in Brussels
This event will be an opportunity to bring together as many organisations and actors as possible from the broad climate justice network, working to hold states and corporations accountable for their climate duties and responsibilities, and to show we are a powerful movement to be reckoned with: despite the current attempts at deregulation, justice and history will be on our side.
PROGRAMME:
14:00 – Introduction: Ten Years of Notre Affaire à Tous (NAAT), Urgenda, and the Paris Agreement
14:15 – Panel 1: 10 years of State Framework Litigation
Starting point: Urgenda and climate mitigation litigation: the gradual recognition over the last 10 years that combatting climate change is a legal obligation rather than a political choice.
15:30 – Panel 2: Corporate Climate Law and Wider Economic Considerations
Topics include corporate climate law and litigation (CSDDD, greenwashing and other corporate climate obligations), the role of financial institutions (including central banks) and more.
Corporations at Client Earth)
16:45 – Panel 3: Loss and Damage: The New Climate Litigation Trend?
Climate loss and damage have already occurred as a result of insufficient mitigation. Now, justice must be served and compensation claims will inevitably increase.
(Senior Attorney at CIEL)
ECCHR)
(Senior Research Associate in Climate Science and the Law, Oxford)
18:00 – Cocktail: some drinks and appetisers will follow the conference from 6 to 8 p.m., so we invite you to stay and enjoy informal discussions afterwards.
More and more courts and international bodies are recognizing climate action as a legal obligation. However, setbacks and reversals in states’ public policies and corporate climate strategies are multiplying, almost as fast as the impacts of climate change are being felt.
This study afternoon and discussion with key players in the climate justice movement will bring together experts and practitioners to review the various legal foundations and case law that now underpin the obligation of states and large companies to take urgent and effective action, as well as the new debates emerging around the just transition, fair share and loss and damage reparations obligations.
The event also aims to take stock of a decade of climate litigation across the world seeking to secure recognition and compliance with these obligations. By bringing together the actors who have brought these cases before the courts, the aim will be to better understand the objectives, lessons learned and impacts of these lawsuits on judicial counter-power, public debate and political action. This will be an opportunity to highlight the interactions and complementarities with other levers for action, such as the production of scientific knowledge, advocacy and citizen mobilisation.
Finally, through the exploration of a few concrete examples of climate cases from the last 10 years, the discussions will explore the differences in strategies, and the interactions and commonalities between different case law, and the new frontiers of the climate justice movement in Europe.
Don’t hesitate to share this invitation with anyone who might be interested.
Online registration is compulsory; otherwise, you may not be able to enter the European Parliament building. Please register here.
Due to limited capacity, we advise prompt registration. Your registration will guarantee your place at the event.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The team of Notre Affaire à Tous