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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220326-001219-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/indigenous-climate-litigation-in-anglophone-settler-colonial-states/ Indigenous Climate Litigation in Anglophone Settler-Colonial States - Context, Cases and Caution Bookman, Sam eng 2022-03-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 climate litigation colonialism indigenous peoples Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The legacy of colonialism suggests a shared affinity between climate litigation in the Global South, and climate litigation brought by Indigenous peoples in the settler-colonial states of the Global North. This blog post focuses on claims brought by Indigenous peoples in the Anglophone settler-colonial states of Australia, Canada, the United States and Aotearoa/New Zealand. I begin by setting out the disproportionate impact of climate change experienced by Indigenous peoples, as well as Indigenous movements of resistance and adaptation. In doing so, I draw on claims brought by various Indigenous groups and individuals in the course of climate litigation. Framing climate litigation as part of this response, I then survey Indigenous climate litigation across the four jurisdictions. I end with some notes of caution regarding the essentializing and exploitation of Indigenous peoples by the climate litigation movement, cautions which may be applicable to litigation in the Global South.