Climate Liability Claims and Presenting Expert Evidence in Court
2025 has seen significant developments in climate litigation. The Federal Court ruled that the Australian Government does not have a duty of care to protect Torres Strait Islanders from climate change, only a week prior to the International Court of Justice handed down its momentous Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.
At the heart of these sorts of claims for climate-related damages against corporate and government actors is attribution science. How the court uses this science is fundamental to the success – or not – of the case.
In this conversation, we will discuss the latest trends and what they mean for climate liability claims in the future, while examining the process of presenting expert evidence in court.
Presenters:
Emrys Nekvapil SC (practicing counsel at the Victorian Bar with extensive practice in climate change litigation)
Professor Jacqueline Peel (Laureate Fellow on Global Corporate Climate Accountability)
Australia's Role at COP in an Age of Turbulence
The Australian Political Studies Association invites you to join a conversation with leading policymakers and experts who will explore pressing questions surrounding Australia’s ambitious bid to host COP31.
In an era marked by fragmented governance and fractured domestic politics,
How is the securitisation of energy reshaping climate policy?
Would environmental justice survive?
What is at stake for our Pacific neighbours and regional partners?
Panelists:
Prof. Jacqueline Peel, Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow in Global Corporate Climate Accountability, University of Melbourne
Mr. Brad Archer, CEO of the Climate Change Authority
Dr. Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response
Moderator: Dr. Trissia Wijaya, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Enquiries: t.wijaya@unimelb.edu.au
Meeting ID: 87353545407 | PW: 157277
Sustainability Week: Ask Me Anything Panel (Climate Leadership)
As part of Sustainability Week, we invite you to join our Ask Me Anything panel — an open and inclusive forum designed to spark meaningful dialogue around pressing sustainability issues.
This session will be centred around Climate Leadership and brings together a diverse group of experts and practitioners working across this sector at the University.
Anyone is welcome as this is your opportunity to ask questions, share ideas, and gain insights from those driving change across the sector.
Panellists:
Jacqueline Peel, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of Climate Law, The University of Melbourne
Ben Neville, Deputy Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne
Chris Dixon, Sustainability Strategy Analyst, The University of Melbourne
Sarah-Kay Coulter, Lecturer in Indigenous Studes, The University of Melbourne
Online event: a zoom link will be sent out prior to the event.
Climate Litigation and Climate Justice
Hear from Vishal Prasad, Director Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, and Roanna McClelland, ARC Laureate Research Fellow in the Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability based at Melbourne Law School, in the upcoming webinar ‘Climate Litigation and Climate Justice.’
Together, we will explore the role of climate litigation in advancing climate justice, creating accountability for major contributors to the climate crisis, and building partnerships with those most affected.
We invite Climate Reality Leaders, climate advocates, and community members across the region to join this important conversation.
The Climate Commons webinar series is a proud collaboration between the Pacific Climate Change Centre, hosted at Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and The Climate Reality Project - Australia & Pacific, hosted at Melbourne Climate Futures.
Litigating Climate Change: Recent Developments
Collaboratively presented by the Commercial Bar Association (Climate Change Section) of the Victorian Bar, the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, and the Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability.
Professor Jacqueline Peel and Associate Professor Jolene Lin are the authors and winners of the 2025 ANZSIL Book Prize for their work Litigating Climate Change in the Global South and they will discuss, in conversation with Tomo Boston KC:
recent developments in climate change litigation at the international, regional and national levels, including the Advisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice and Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
the potential impact of those recent developments on climate change litigation in Australia
the relationship between climate change litigation and the Paris Agreement
future trends in climate litigation
The ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion – Initial Reflections and Responses chaired by Professor Margaret Young
Melbourne Law School experts Dylan Asafo, Rohan Nanthakumar, Professor Jackie Peel and Professor Margaret Young will discuss the recent ICJ’s Advisory Opinion and its implications for international law.
Global trends in climate litigation 2025: report launch
Join the launch of the Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation 2025 Snapshot Report - now in its seventh year. This influential report provides an annual overview of key developments in climate litigation worldwide and identifies emerging trends shaping the future of climate law and governance.
Join in-person or register to watch the event online at LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for the London School of Economics live streams, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate wherever you are in the world. If you can't attend live, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE's YouTube channel.
Hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment as part of London Climate Action Week.
Photo by Kaboompics.com via Pexels.
Litigating Climate Change and Human Rights in Australia: Perspectives of a judge, an advocate and an academic
In April, Environmental Justice Australia submitted a human rights complaint to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Climate Change on behalf of nine young people from across Australia collectively called ‘Generation Justice’. This international procedure is one among several legal avenues for raising concerns about the human rights impacts of a changed climate in Australia. Join Justice Rachel Pepper (Land and Environment Court of NSW), Hannah White (Environmental Justice Australia) and Professor Jacqueline Peel (Melbourne Climate Futures) in conversation with Dr Alice Palmer to discuss some of the pros and cons of litigating climate change in Australia through a human rights lens.