Global Observatory on Corporate Climate Accountability (GOCCA)
A digital repository for information and research on corporate climate accountability standards, mechanisms and case studies.
Research papers & reports
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Interim submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications in response to Inquiry into the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 and six related bills
Submission by the Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability, Melbourne Climate Futures and University of Melbourne collaborators.
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Universities’ at COP: Five tracks of engagement and influence
Blog post by Steven Davison and Kristy Faccer of the UK Universities Climate Network.
(Image: RINGO COP interventions. Photo credit: Dr Kristy Faccer)
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Policy Brief: What are the implications of the ICJ Climate Advisory Opinion for EIA in Australia?
On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its much-anticipated Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change
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Submission to the Senate inquiry into greenwashing
Submission by Melbourne Climate Futures, Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability and ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society
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Corporate Climate Litigation in Australasia: (re)Shaping the Private Law-Climate Interface
Jacqueline Peel. The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Private Law D. Kysar & E. Lim OUP, 2026
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Discussion paper: Why Australia’s environmental law does not protect the climate
Australia’s principal environmental law does not directly address climate protection. Why is this the case and what needs to change?
Australian and Pacific Climate Change Litigation Database
Hosted by our partners, Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne, the Australian and Pacific Climate Change Litigation Database records litigation (including settled cases and court orders) on issues of climate change in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
Australia presently has the second largest number of climate cases globally and the most significant adaptation jurisprudence of any country. Climate litigation is likely to continue to grow in New Zealand and Pacific Island countries.
