Strategic Climate Litigation on the Island of Ireland

This report is part of an Environmental Justice Network Ireland (EJNI) project exploring strategic litigation on the island of Ireland, funded by the European Climate Foundation. The report has been informed by desk-based research and an initial scoping exercise which involved a small, focused workshop for NGOs and an event bringing together the key players in strategic litigation in Ireland/Northern Ireland with a view to ascertaining the appetite for collaboration, cooperation, and coordination in this sensitive area and whether work to translate existing EU level approaches to an Irish context would be a worthwhile endeavour.

This report builds on an NGO workshop undertaken in June 2023 and will be of interest to environmental NGOs on the island of Ireland, grassroots organisations or individuals considering litigation, lawyers and legal organisations engaging in environmental litigation, and activists and academics undertaking research in this area. It will also be of interest to individuals and organisations monitoring the development of strategic litigation across Europe and internationally.