Tag Archives: Urgenda

EJS Clinic co-director David Estrin to co-host special climate change litigation events in Oslo

May 13, 2016Newsaccess to justice, Ashgar Leghari, climate change, Our Children's Trust, UrgendaStepan

On June 21, 2016, EJS Clinic co-director and CIGI International Law Research Program Senior Research Fellow David Estrin will co-host two special side events on climate change litigation at the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law's annual Colloquium in Oslo, Norway. If you will be in Oslo, check out these important events! Access to Justice in […]

Climate Change Litigation in Ontario: Hot Prospects and International Influences

March 18, 2016carbon budget, causation, climate change, foreign judgments, international law, justiciability, litigation, public nuisance, public trust, standard of care, standing, Stepan Wood, UrgendaStepan

I recently spoke about climate change litigation at the Ontario Bar Association's Institute 2016 as part of a panel with former Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Stephen Goudge, now of the law firm Paliare Roland, and John Terry of Torys, one of the authors of the excellent treatise The Law of Climate Change in Canada. The event was organized by Jennifer […]