Abstract

This chapter provides a comprehensive examination of cases in the ‘Global South docket’. In analyses 128 cases filed, pending decision, or decided in Global South countries up to May 2023. The chapter identifies key trends across the case law, including the more pronounced use of rights-based arguments in cases in the Global South, and common characteristics of the Global South docket such as the preference for implementing ‘law on the books’. The final part of the chapter discusses transnational cases—ones brought in Global North courts but involving Global South plaintiffs or projects—which can be the basis for creating truly transnational coalitions of actors seeking accountability from Global North governments and corporations for their failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize their economic activities.