nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/7cff078ca3884873 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260828s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/7cff078ca3884873 doi eng 342 23 Bookman, Sam Author aut New Zealand’s Shameful Climate Tort Law – And What Climate Lawyers Can Learn from It Bookman, Sam Verfassungsblog 2026-08-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier New Zealand’s Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Act became law on 24 August 2026. The Act is the first national law to comprehensively rule out civil liability for activities that cause harm by contributing to climate change. The stagnating political salience of climate change presents significant challenges for climate lawyers, who must consider the viability of their claims in both courts and the political process. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Crisis climate litigation Tort Tort law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/new-zealands-shameful-climate-tort-law-and-what-climate-lawyers-can-learn-from-it/ raw object