A landmark report on global climate litigation has identified water as an increasingly contested terrain in courtrooms worldwide. The Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation: 2026 Snapshot, published by the Grantham Research Institute & Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, records more than 3,600 climate cases filed across 62 countries since 1986, with 249 new cases in 2025 alone. Among striking new developments are insurance subrogation cases following the April 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods in South Africa, which killed 544 people and damaged over 4,000 homes. Japanese insurer Tokio Marine filed…
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