http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220326-001236-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/lessons-on-adaptation-litigation-from-the-global-south/ Lessons on “Adaptation Litigation” from the Global South - What the Law Can, Can’t and Might Do to Help Us Cope with Climate Change Donger, Elizabeth eng 2022-03-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Adaptation litigation is not only a tool to better prepare infrastructure through tort and administrative law. It is a more ambiguous and creative category, drawing on everything from refugee law to human rights and legal provisions recognizing the rights of nature. While adaptation litigation in the Global North has largely focused on infrastructure, litigation in the Global South has addressed a broader range of factors that contribute to adaptive capacity, from environmental factors like deforestation, to human governance and resourcing systems like disaster response and migration systems.