Climate litigation relates to the climate crisis as a truly global collective action problem where cause and effect are stretched out over time and space. In this context, the consequences of different conceptions and reference frames can hardly be overstated. The disagreements run particularly deep.

An international justice perspective necessarily gives a place to sustainable development and the position of those that are globally most affected by climate impacts. However, most climate litigation takes place in national and regional courts which have as their principal frame of reference national or regional law. International justice is structurally sidelined.

This workshop aims to tease out the different ways in which legal claims reflect both different conceptions of justice and different frames of reference. It also examines what these different conceptions and reference frames mean for the potential of climate litigations in Europe to contribute to addressing the climate crisis.