nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220325-001232-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220324s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220325-001232-0 doi eng 342 23 Garofalo, Carlotta Author aut As the Lungs of the Earth Dry Out, Climate Litigation Heats Up - Can rights-based strategies become a valid tool for the protection of the Amazon Forest? Garofalo, Carlotta Verfassungsblog 2022-03-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Amazon Forest – el pulmón del mundo – has been at the center of four recent rights-based climate lawsuits in the region. Interestingly, the existence of solid legal grounds for environmental litigation has not stopped petitioners and courts from using some degree of creativity in shaping new rights. I argue that any evaluation of the potential benefits and impacts of (new) rights strategies must consider their limitations in setting clear legal boundaries and achieving immediate political change. Nonetheless, rights-based climate lawsuits play an important symbolic role, as they recognize the vulnerability of certain groups to climate change. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Crisis Global South Rights Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/as-the-lung-of-the-earth-dries-out-climate-litigation-heats-up/ raw object