Brazil and Climate Justice

Pioneering Climate Litigation for a Global Cause
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-69081-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: International Environmental Law

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 global climate justice movement. This edited volume delves into nearly 90 groundbreaking cases, uncovering innovative legal strategies and their profound implications for international climate policies. Highlighting Brazil’s unique ecological importance, particularly the Amazon’s role in sustaining global balance, the book features contributions from leading scholars and litigators. This indispensable resource offers critical insights and inspires creative legal pathways to tackle the world's most pressing climate challenges.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tigre, Maria Antonia

Rocha, Armando

de Carvalho, Délton Winter

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Maria Antonia Tigre is the Director of Global Climate Litigation at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School (United States).

Armando Rocha is a Professor of International Law, Law of the Sea, and Climate Change Law at Universidade Católica Portuguesa and researcher at the Católica Research Centre for the Future of the Law (Portugal).

Délton Winter de Carvalho is the Director of the Environmental Law Program at UNISINOS (Brazil).