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DOI	10.1038/s41558-021-01086-7
	Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation
	Stuart-Smith R.F.; Otto F.E.L.; Saad A.I.; Lisi G.; Minnerop P.; Lauta K.C.; van Zwieten K.; Wetzer T.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	1758-678X
起始页码	651
结束页码	655
卷号	11 期号:8
英文摘要	Lawsuits concerning the impacts of climate change make causal claims about the effect of defendants’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on plaintiffs and have proliferated around the world. Plaintiffs have sought, inter alia, compensation for climate-related losses and to compel governments to reduce their GHG emissions. So far, most of these claims have been unsuccessful. Here we assess the scientific and legal bases for establishing causation and evaluate judicial treatment of scientific evidence in 73 lawsuits. We find that the evidence submitted and referenced in these cases lags considerably behind the state of the art in climate science, impeding causation claims. We conclude that greater appreciation and exploitation of existing methodologies in attribution science could address obstacles to causation and improve the prospects of litigation as a route to compensation for losses, regulatory action and emission reductions by defendants seeking to limit legal liability. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
来源期刊	Nature Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/237280
作者单位	Oxford Sustainable Law Programme, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Durham Law School, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom; Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stuart-Smith R.F.,Otto F.E.L.,Saad A.I.,et al. Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation[J],2021,11(8).
APA	Stuart-Smith R.F..,Otto F.E.L..,Saad A.I..,Lisi G..,Minnerop P..,...&Wetzer T..(2021).Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation.Nature Climate Change,11(8).
MLA	Stuart-Smith R.F.,et al."Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation".Nature Climate Change 11.8(2021).