Joint and several liability for climate change-related harms? - Dr Megan Blomfield
Climate change results from cumulative anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. This poses a significant challenge for plaintiffs seeking compensation for climate change-related injuries, because they cannot attribute the harms that they experience to the emissions of any particular states or corporations. In this talk I will discuss this causation challenge for climate litigation, and consider whether the doctrine of joint and several liability could have a role to play in addressing it.
Dr Megan Blomfield is a Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. Her research concerns global justice and the environment, focusing on the problem of climate change. She is currently working on a book project examining questions of causal, moral and legal responsibility for climate change-related harms, given their complex causal nature.
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