Klimarettsaker og opinionen / Climate litigation and public opinion

(the event will be in english)
Climate litigation has proven to be a powerful tool for promoting climate awareness and action in recent years. From local courtrooms in Norway to landmark cases in the Global South, legal action is shaping not only policy, but also public debate, understandings of responsibility, and collective mobilization.

This event aims to examine to what extent litigation can drive climate action and awareness, and how legal frameworks interact with public opinion and political will.

Participants will look at what can be used as evidence in climate litigation, how civil society initiate such claims, how climate litigation affects law and policy, and how these processes shape and are shaped by public awareness and media narratives. By connecting perspectives from research, law, media, and policy, the meeting will show the extent to which litigation can act as a driver for climate awareness and collective action.

Chair: Hilde Refstie (Associate Professor NTNU)

Part 1: Climate litigations as tools for climate justice

Climate rights: Designing evidence for climate justice - Presentation by Nabil Ahmed (Professor, Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts, NTNU) (10 min)

Presentation by Halvard Raavand, Deputy Chair, Greenpeace Norway (5 min)

Part 2: Legal claims and public debate: The role of climate narratives

Global climate justice - Presentation by Hilde Refstie (Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology) (5 min).

Presentation by Roy Krøvel (Professor at the Department of Journalism, Oslo Met) (5 min).

Part 3: Panel discussion led by Hilde Refstie with Parliament member SV, Lars Haltbrekken, Member of the Sámi Parliament Council, Paul Bendikk Jåma. Reacting to the presentations (3 min each). With Halvard Raavand, Greenpeace.

Part 4: Q & A 20 min