Corporate climate litigation in Europe: scaffolding from state obligations and the rise of polluter-pays
欧州における企業気候訴訟：国家義務からの足場と汚染者負担原則の台頭 (AI 翻訳)
Joana Setzer, Nina Koistinen, Kate Higham, Lucas Biasetton
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日本語
本論文は、欧州における企業気候訴訟の2つの軌跡を分析する。第一に、人権や炭素予算の原則を民間企業の注意義務・デュー・ディリジェンス・開示義務に変換する公法的基準の拡張。第二に、主要排出者に損害賠償と適応費用を求める汚染者負担訴訟の台頭である。欧州は企業の気候責任と金銭的救済のための暫定的な枠組みを構築しつつある。
English
This article analyzes two trajectories in European corporate climate litigation: extending public-law standards (human rights, carbon budgets) to private-law duties of care, due diligence, and disclosure; and the rise of polluter-pays litigation seeking damages from major emitters. It identifies emerging principles and enforcement challenges related to insolvency, insurance, and cross-border jurisdiction, concluding that Europe is building a provisional framework for corporate climate responsibility and financial redress.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
欧州の企業気候訴訟の動向は、日本においても有報や統合報告書における気候関連開示の義務化が進む中、企業の法的責任や開示義務の範囲を検討する上で示唆に富む。特に、バリューチェーン全体での注意義務やデュー・デリジェンスの要求は、日本企業のグローバルな事業活動に直接影響を与える可能性がある。
In the global GX context
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of how European courts are constructing a multi-scalar framework for corporate climate accountability, integrating public-law standards, private-law duties, and financial redress. It offers valuable insights for global discussions on transition finance, climate disclosure duties (ISSB, CSRD), and the evolving legal landscape for corporate responsibility.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Legal scholars and climate accountability researchers can use this framework to analyze the convergence of public and private law in climate litigation.
🏢実務担当者:Corporate legal and sustainability teams should monitor these European trends to anticipate potential liabilities and disclosure requirements across value chains.
🏛政策担当者:Policymakers can draw lessons from Europe's emerging framework, particularly the interplay between carbon budgets, due diligence laws, and polluter-pays mechanisms.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Over the last decade, Europe has been the crucible of path-defining climate cases. Across the region, courts have been asked to define the limits of public and private responsibility. This Article argues that corporate climate litigation in Europe has developed along two intersecting trajectories that together define an emerging framework of climate accountability. The first extends public-law standards to corporations, translating human rights and carbon-budget principles into private-law duties of care, due diligence, and disclosure that reach across entire value chains. The second trajectory sees the emergence of polluter-pays litigation, which seeks to proportionate damages and adaptation costs from major emitters, testing how attribution science and emissions accounting can ground financial responsibility for climate harm. This Article situates corporate climate litigation in Europe within a broader trend toward the financialization of climate accountability. Drawing on leading and pending cases across Europe, it identifies emerging principles alongside persistent enforcement challenges linked to insolvency, insurance, and cross-border jurisdiction. This Article concludes that Europe is building a provisional but concrete framework for corporate climate responsibility and financial redress. Understanding the feedback loops between public-law scaffolds, private-law duties, and polluter-pays mechanisms helps clarify both the promise and the limits of Europe’s multi-scalar model of climate accountability.
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