Administrative Law and Climate Change
Public bodies and decision makers now have climate-related obligations and may face judicial review if they fail to meet them. More →
Administrative Law and Climate Change
Administrative law, as a pillar of state action, must adapt to the new climate reality and the challenges faced by Brazilian society. More →
Antitrust Law and Climate Change
Companies developing innovative solutions to reduce their environmental impact may encounter challenges under Brazilian competition law. More →
Climate Change Litigation in Brazil
In Brazil, climate change litigation has evolving from isolated cases into a structured strategy to influence public governance and, increasingly, corporate behavior. More →
Criminal Law and Climate Change
Both climate activists and greenhouse gas emitters may need to worry about criminal law. More →
Energy Law and Climate Change
Brazil offers a compelling case study in how energy law can be leveraged to advance in climate action. More →
Environmental Law and Climate Change
Climate change is linked to many other environmental issues and the legal regimes that aim to address them. More →
Environmental Law and Climate Change
Environmental law remains one of the principal legal areas in which climate change is confronted directly. More →
Environmental Law and Climate Change
Brazil’s approach to environmental protection is deeply rooted in its Constitution, which recognizes the right to an ecologically balanced environment as a fundamental right. More →
Human Rights Law and Climate Change
Human rights are closely linked to climate change, creating challenges and opportunities for human rights law regimes. More →
Immigration Law and Climate Change
Climate change will drive migration, which immigration law must facilitate. More →
Immigration Law and Climate Change
Immigration law in the US in its current form is ill-equipped to deal with the challenges posed by climate change. More →
Investment Treaty Arbitration and Climate Change
Climate change has created a dynamic legal environment where investment treaty standards do not always align with the regional and sovereign environmental commitments. In recent years, this tension has been reflected in EU climate initiatives. More →
Planning Law and Climate Change
Planning law can be leveraged to ensure low-carbon development and accelerate the deployment of green infrastructure. More →
Public Health Law and Climate Change
The law is increasingly recognising climate change as a significant public health issue. More →
Public International Law and Climate Change
The international climate regime works in conjunction with public international law to address the direct and indirect impacts of climate change. More →
Public International Law and Climate Change
The public international law regime is based on legal principles that are especially relevant to the Brazilian perspective. More →
Tax Law and Climate Change
Fiscal policy is an important tool for tackling climate change, and the net zero transition is creating many legal changes in this area. More →
Tax Law and Climate Change
Government taxation can be utilized to both encourage climate action, and disincentivize behavior that causes greenhouse gas emissions. More →
Tax Law and Climate Change
Brazil’s tax policy has historically made relatively limited use of taxation to promote sustainable economic development, focusing primarily on incentives to diversify the country’s energy mix. More →
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