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As the global push towards low-carbon societies accelerates, a new study reveals that justice concerns are increasingly surfacing in legal disputes over climate policies and projects. This phenomenon, described as "just transition litigation," emphasizes the need to balance climate action with social justice considerations, ensuring that vulnerable communities are not disproportionately impacted.

As the world races to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change, the transition to low-carbon societies has sparked new questions of justice. Published in Nature Sustainability, a study led by Professor Annalisa Savaresi at the Center for Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland, highlights the emerging phenomenon of just transition litigation, which is described as legal disputes challenging the fairness and justice of climate policies and projects, such as wind farms, biomass plants and dams.

For example, the Sámi Indigenous People in Norway successfully challenged the construction of wind farms on their traditional herding pastures, illustrating the potential of just transition litigation to protect the rights of marginalized communities. According to Professor Savaresi, lawsuits like these exemplify the often overlooked and highly complex social dilemmas and policy conflicts that arise during the transition.

Making sense of just transition litigation

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