Open AccessClimate Litigation Has a Big Evidence Gap
Author(s) -
Kimberly Cartier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo161031
Subject(s) - plaintiff , greenhouse gas , bridge (graph theory) , climate change , business , political science , law , geology , medicine , oceanography
Climate-related lawsuits don’t often quantitatively link the defendant’s greenhouse gas emissions to the impacts on the plaintiff. Better lines of communication between climate scientists and climate lawyers could help bridge that gap.