The Chancellor of the High Court, Sir Julian Flaux, delivered the 2022 Combar lecture on 16 November 2022, in which he stated that the “commercial landscape is changing, and the law will need to develop with it”.
Climate litigation has been tracked globally by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), who reported that cases have more than doubled since 2015 with a quarter being filed between 2020 and 2022, against both government and corporate entities. The LSE also reported that many of the recent cases share a common theme in highlighting the most important issues as discussed by the international community at COP26, including to increase awareness and motivation to achieve net-zero emissions.
