Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis

This article analyses the climate litigation scenario in Argentina. Based on the Sabin Center Database, we conducted an in-depth study of all the proceeding documents of the identified cases. We found that, in Argentina, a significant number of climate cases exists compared to other jurisdictions in...

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Autores: Médici Colombo, Gastón, 1989-, Berros, María Valeria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/225472
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Palabra clave:Canvi climàtic
Justícia ambiental
Amèrica Llatina
Climatic change
Environmental justice
Latin America
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spelling Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective AnalysisMédici Colombo, Gastón, 1989-Berros, María ValeriaCanvi climàticJustícia ambientalAmèrica LlatinaClimatic changeEnvironmental justiceLatin AmericaThis article analyses the climate litigation scenario in Argentina. Based on the Sabin Center Database, we conducted an in-depth study of all the proceeding documents of the identified cases. We found that, in Argentina, a significant number of climate cases exists compared to other jurisdictions in the region and in the Global South as a whole. These cases show civil society actors suing public and corporate actors due to the deployment of ‘climate-disruptive’ projects or the failed protection of climate-relevant ecosystems. Plaintiffs use a variety of judicial avenues and grounds from different regulatory levels. That said, the case law study leads us to conclude that climate litigation is still incipient in Argentina. Climate change is a very novel legal issue for Argentinean litigants and courts, with lawsuits only developing actual climate argumentation very recently and with not even one judgment, let alone a landmark decision, addressing climate concerns. That is a notable difference from other jurisdictions in the region. Furthermore, we anticipate that climate litigation will continue to grow in Argentina, given weak political opportunities for climate action and stronger legal opportunities provided by broad judicial avenues, a multiplicity of grounds that can be used in climate arguments, and innovative environmental legal approaches developed by the Supreme Court.Brill | Nijhoff2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/225472Articles publicats en revistes (Dret Penal i Criminologia, i Dret Internacional Públic i Relacions Internacional)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1163/24686042-12340104Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, 2023, vol. 7, num.2, p. 173-199https://doi.org/10.1163/24686042-12340104(c) Gastón Medici-Colombo et al., 2023info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2254722026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis
spellingShingle Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis
Médici Colombo, Gastón, 1989-
Canvi climàtic
Justícia ambiental
Amèrica Llatina
Climatic change
Environmental justice
Latin America
title_short Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis
title_full Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis
title_fullStr Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis
title_sort Climate Litigation in Argentina: A Critical and Prospective Analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Médici Colombo, Gastón, 1989-
Berros, María Valeria
author Médici Colombo, Gastón, 1989-
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Berros, María Valeria
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Canvi climàtic
Justícia ambiental
Amèrica Llatina
Climatic change
Environmental justice
Latin America
topic Canvi climàtic
Justícia ambiental
Amèrica Llatina
Climatic change
Environmental justice
Latin America
description This article analyses the climate litigation scenario in Argentina. Based on the Sabin Center Database, we conducted an in-depth study of all the proceeding documents of the identified cases. We found that, in Argentina, a significant number of climate cases exists compared to other jurisdictions in the region and in the Global South as a whole. These cases show civil society actors suing public and corporate actors due to the deployment of ‘climate-disruptive’ projects or the failed protection of climate-relevant ecosystems. Plaintiffs use a variety of judicial avenues and grounds from different regulatory levels. That said, the case law study leads us to conclude that climate litigation is still incipient in Argentina. Climate change is a very novel legal issue for Argentinean litigants and courts, with lawsuits only developing actual climate argumentation very recently and with not even one judgment, let alone a landmark decision, addressing climate concerns. That is a notable difference from other jurisdictions in the region. Furthermore, we anticipate that climate litigation will continue to grow in Argentina, given weak political opportunities for climate action and stronger legal opportunities provided by broad judicial avenues, a multiplicity of grounds that can be used in climate arguments, and innovative environmental legal approaches developed by the Supreme Court.
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