Leading environmental lawyers and scholars met at the University of Connecticut School of Law late last week to discuss the future of litigation related to climate change. The conference, presented by the law school’s Insurance Law Center and Center for Energy & Environmental Law, featured discussions on two recent climate cases that involve insurance claims: Native Village of Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil and AES v. Steadfast.
Both cases stemmed from lawsuits filed by an Alaskan Eskimo tribe that sought $200 million after being displaced because of a melting ice reef, and both cases were dismissed on different legal grounds.”These are two of the biggest cases and they both say a lot about the future of climate claims,” said Joseph A. MacDougald, executive director of the environmental law center.
