Climate-Washing Litigation: Legal Liability for Misleading Climate Communications

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cssn research report 2022:1: climate-washing litigation: legal liability for misleading climate communications policy briefing january 2022 authors contributing authors: akriti bhargava, benjamin franta, karla martínez toral and aradhna tandon coordinating authors: lisa benjamin and joana setzer (co-chairs of cssn working group on climate accountability) about cssn this report is being released through the climate social science network (cssn), a global network of scholars headquartered at the institute at brown for environment and society, launched in october, 2020. cssn seeks to coordinate, conduct and support peer-reviewed research into the institutional and cultural dynamics of the political conflict over climate change, and assist scholars in outreach to policymakers and the public. suggested citation benjamin, lisa; bhargava, akriti; franta, benjamin; martínez toral, karla; setzer, joana; and tandon, aradhna. 2022. “climate-washing litigation: legal liability for misleading climate communications.” policy briefing, the climate social science network. january 2022. www.cssn.org acknowledgements we thank timmons roberts and robert brulle, from the institute at brown for environment and society, for supporting us publishing this piece. we are for the extremely helpful comments grateful provided by catherine higham and editing by georgina kyriacou, from the grantham research institute on climate change and the environment; the members of the accountability cssn working group …

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