Law and the Climate Crisis Seminars: 'Civil Law Torts and Climate Change'

Speaker: Elbert de Jong (Full Professor of Private Law at Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Climate change is rapidly entering the domain of tort law. This development is driven by regulation and litigation, advances in climate science, and the increasingly tangible impacts of climate change on interests protected by private law.

With a focus on European jurisdictions, this seminar examines the doctrinal and institutional challenges involved in developing and allocating climate change-related responsibility and liability among private actors.

The Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis explores the vital role of legal systems in tackling one of the most pressing issues of our time.

This series brings together top experts in law and climate action to discuss how climate change interacts with specific areas of law, setting out both how legal fields are being impacted by climate change and how the law can help drive climate action.

The Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis is co-hosted by the Centre for Climate Engagement at Hughes Hall, Cambridge Zero, the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), the Cambridge Climate Society, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, and the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance.

For more information and to register see the Centre for Climate Engagement website.