The UCS Science Hub for Climate Litigation

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Sign up for the Science Hub here.

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Specifically, UCS´s Science Hub for Climate Litigation seeks to:

• catalyze legally relevant scientific research;
• expand the community of scientists and legal experts working to inform climate litigation;
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General resources:

• Climate Attribution Database
• The rise in global atmospheric CO2, surface temperature, and sea level from emissions traced to major carbon producers
• Attributing ocean acidification to major carbon producers (PDF)
• The Law and Science of Climate Change Attribution
• The Science Connecting Extreme Weather to Climate Change
• Smoke, Mirrors, 《热空气:埃克森美孚如何利用大烟草公司的策略在617888九五至尊娱乐变化上“制造不确定性”》
• 617888九五至尊娱乐欺骗档案:化石燃料行业内部备忘录揭示了数十年的企业虚假信息
• The Climate Accountability Scorecard: Insufficient Progress from Major Fossil Fuel Companies
• The Climate Responsibilities of Industrial Carbon Producers (PDF)
• Support for Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies
• Assessing ExxonMobil’s climate change communications (1977-2014) (PDF)
• Responsible for what? Carbon producer CO2 contributions and the energy transition
• 《烟与烟:让石油巨头为617888九五至尊娱乐危机负责的法律和证据基础》 (PDF)
• Scientist-Community Partnerships building successful collaborations

Resources on climate litigation:

• Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University
• Climate Change Litigation Databases
• Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy
• Global trends in climate change litigation: 2019 snapshot
• US Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Justice timeline
• US Indigenous Law Portal
• Canada Indigenous Law Portal
• Australia Indigenous Law Portal
• Climate Judiciary Project at Environmental Law Institute
• ELAW Climate Litigation Strategies
• Holding your Government Accountable for Climate Change: A People’s Guide (PDF)
• The Climate Docket
• Law and climate change toolkit
• Oxford Sustainable Law Programme (forthcoming)