Texas Impact

Beaman Floyd, a policy consultant for Texas Impact, discusses how a meeting about wildfire response at COP30 in Belém, Brasil mirrored the conversations in our own Texas Legislature.

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Climate litigation can be as complex and varied as the issue of carbon pollution itself. Litigation can seek to change government structures; punish polluters; regulate industries; or compensate for damages to health and property, among other goals. As precedents like those set by the International Court of Justice opinion become part of the global climate policy foundation, climate litigation is expected to become more influential in the policy decisions at the UNFCCC and other international policymaking bodies.

As Joy Reyes of the London School of Economics Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment explains, climate litigation is an increasingly valuable tool in the climate justice toolbox.