Climate Litigation and Vulnerabilities : Global South Perspectives / edited by Melanie Jean Murcott, Maria Antonia Tigre, and Susan Ann Samuel.

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- List of figures and tables -- Preface: confronting the Global South climate litigation 'visibility challenge' -- Introduction: linking Global South vulnerability, intersectionality, and climate litigation -- Part 1 Exposing the limits of litigation as a mechanism for intersectional climate justice -- 1 Facing coloniality within legal systems: indigenous peoples in Latin American climate litigation -- 2 Reframing climate change litigation in the Global South: a study of wind energy projects and extractivism in India -- 3 Addressing health crises through courts? Understanding inequality in Latin America's climate litigation -- 4 The inclusion of women and girls in climate adaptation policy in India: opportunities and challenges for future litigation -- Part 2 Innovative litigation in pursuit of intersectional climate justice -- 5 Elevating women's voices in transnational climate litigation: the case of Asmania et al. v Holcim -- 6 Forum shopping in climate litigation? Three cases involving the Torres Strait Islands -- 7 The need for child-led climate litigation in Bangladesh: lessons from India and Pakistan -- 8 A human rights approach to environmental protection (HRAEP) as a tool for fostering climate resilience for the Nigerian woman -- 9 A litigation strategy for vulnerable communities pursuing climate litigation: the Indian iteration of the precautionary principle and the reversal of the burden of proof -- 10 Conclusion: key lessons and a future research agenda for climate litigation and vulnerabilities -- Appendix 1: List of cases -- Index.

This volume explores climate litigation as a means to tackle the rights and socio-ecological, intergenerational, gender, racial, and other justice implications of ever-growing vulnerability to climate change, whilst critically engaging with the notions of vulnerability and intersectional climate justice.

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