Number: RL32764
Title: Climate Change Litigation: A Growing Phenomenon
Authors: Robert Meltz, American Law Division 
Abstract: The scientific, economic, and political questions surrounding climate change have long been with us. This report focuses instead on a relative newcomer: the legal debate. Though the first court decision related to climate change appeared 18 years ago, such litigation has proliferated in just the past five.
Pages: 35
Date: Updated April 7, 2008