Climate Litigation Relevant Research: Hazards, Impacts, and Attribution Science
Climate Litigation Relevant Research: Hazards, Impacts, and Attribution Science
Session ID#: 124423
Session Description:
As climate change impacts accelerate, communities, workers, and governments are increasingly turning to the courts for redress. This rapidly growing body of climate litigation relies on scientific evidence to inform legal arguments. An emerging field of climate litigation relevant research is poised to impact societal decisions on climate change through the courts.
The guiding intention of this session is to identify and promote science that could play a meaningful role in informing future climate litigation. This session will highlight advances in earth sciences that enable the quantification of the contribution of anthropogenic climate change to hazards and to the associated impacts and damages that inform meaningful climate litigation.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- AMS: American Meteorological Society -
- ISEE: International Society of Environmental Epidemiology -
- WCRP: World Climate Research Programme -
Index Terms:
1605 Abrupt/rapid climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1635 Oceans [GLOBAL CHANGE]
Primary Convener: L. Delta Merner, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Convener: Emily L Williams, University of California Santa Barbara, Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Primary Liaison: L. Delta Merner, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
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