Brazil and Climate Justice : Pioneering Climate Litigation for a Global Cause /
The stakes of climate change in Brazil extend far beyond its borders, influencing global biodiversity, the Amazon rainforest, and planetary climate stability. With the fourth-highest number of climate cases worldwide and a leadership role in the Global South, Brazil stands at the forefront of the gl...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill | Nijhoff,
2025.
Series:
International Environmental Law ;
21.
International Law E-books Online, Collection 2026
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Call Number: KHD3423
- Foreword Acknowledgments
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- 1 Climate Change Litigation in Brazil: an Introduction
- Maria Antonia Tigre, Armando Rocha and Délton Winter de Carvalho
- Section 1: Challenges in Climate Litigation in Brazil
- 2 A Panorama of Climate Litigation in Brazil
- Danielle de Andrade Moreira
- 3 The Separation of Powers Principle and the Role of Different Bodies in Climate Action
- Enéas Xavier de Oliveira Junior and Letícia Simo Veras
- 4 The Role of Science in Climate Litigation
- Juliana de Augustinis
- Section 2
- Climate Litigation and Human Rights
- 5 Recognizing the Paris Agreement as a Human Rights Treaty: the Climate Fund Case and Brazilian Courts
- Carolina de Figueiredo Garrido
- 6 The Obligation to Protect the Stability of the Climate System under the Right to a Healthy Environment in Brazil
- Délton Winter de Carvalho and Armando Rocha
- 7 Brazil and Advisory Opinions before International Courts and Tribunals: Participation and Impact of Advisory Opinions in Domestic Courts
- Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida
- 8 Access to Justice and Climate Litigation in Brazil
- Luciana Gross Cunha and Maria Cecília de Araujo Asperti
- Section 3: Climate Litigation and Vulnerabilities
- 9 Vulnerabilities in Climate Litigation: the Role of Gender, Race, and Poverty
- Mariana Belmont and Nauê Bernardo Pinheiro de Azevedo
- 10 Decolonizing Climate Litigation: an Analysis of Indigenous Climate Litigation in Brazil
- Gabriel Mantelli, Maurício Terena, Isabela Bicalho and Marie-Louise Siemons
- 11 Future Generations and Climate Litigation in Brazil
- Luciana Bauer
- Section 4: Climate Litigation and Biodiversity
- 12 The Protection of the Marine Environment Through Litigation in the Context of the Climate Crisis in Brazil
- Julia Cirne Lima Weston
- 13 The Protection of the Amazon Forest as a Central Aspect of Climate Mitigation
- Maria Antonia Tigre and Anna Maria Cárcamo
- 14 The Rights of Nature: Another Legal Avenue for Climate Litigation in Brazil?
- Fernanda Cavedon-Capdeville, José Rubens Morato Leite, Humberto Filpi and Tônia Dutra
- Section 5: Beyond the State: Climate Litigation and the Energy Transition
- 15 The Role of Financial Institutions in Climate Litigation in Brazil
- Alessandra Lehmen
- 16 The State's Duty to Pursue the Highest Possible Ambition
- Guilherme J.S. Leal
- 17 Climate Damage and Tort Law in Brazilian Climate Litigation
- Rafaela Martins da Rosa
- 18 Just Transition Litigation in Brazil
- Luiz Ormay Jr
- Appendix 1: Table of Cases
- Index.