Lawsuit brought by the City of Annapolis against fossil fuel companies seeking damages and other relief based on the companies' alleged concealment of information about their products' contribution to climate change.

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c.

Litigation

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letter

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - letter

memorandum opinion

Remand Order Temporarily Stayed in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Climate Cases

reply

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - reply

opposition

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - opposition

motion

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - motion

notice of appeal

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - notice of appeal

Federal Court Sent Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Climate Cases Back to State Court

statement

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - statement

memorandum of law

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - memorandum of law

order

Parties to Proceed with Briefing of Remand Motions in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Climate Cases

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - Other

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - order

memorandum

District Court Stayed Briefing of Motion to Remand in Annapolis’s Climate Case

notice

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - notice

notice of removal

City of Annapolis v. BP p.l.c. - notice of removal

Filing Year For Action

memorandum opinion and order

Maryland Trial Court Dismissed Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Climate Suits Against Fossil Fuel Defendants

memorandum and order

Maryland Trial Court Allowed Claims to Proceed Against Fossil Fuel Companies in Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Lawsuits

complaint

Annapolis Sued Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Change Damages

brief

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Policy instruments are techniques or tools used by governing authorities to promote certain policies in order to achieve predetermined goals. Put simply, instruments are how a government tries to achieve its goals, with this taxonomy being focused on national policy instruments.

Risk is the potential for adverse consequences resulting from the dynamic interplay between (climate-related) hazards, exposure, and vulnerability of affected human or ecological systems.

Groups  of people who are adversely affected by climate change or the response to it

A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

Renewable energy means all forms of energy produced from renewable sources in a sustainable manner.

Fossil fuel is a generic term for non-renewable energy sources such as coal, fossil gas, and oil (including crude oil, and petroleum products), that can be used for electricity and heat generation. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons formed from pressurised and heated organic material buried over millions of years.

Molecules in the atmosphere that play a key role in the greenhouse effect by trapping heat radiating from Earth’s surface.

Area of the economy in which actors engage in identical or related activities.

In human systems, the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate change and its effects, in order to moderate harm, increase resilience or exploit beneficial opportunities. In natural systems, the process of adjustment to actual climate change and its effects; human intervention may facilitate adjustment to expected climate change and its effects.

The management and allocation of funds, assets and investments to meet various objectives

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