Lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for the impacts of climate change on the City of Charleston.

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co.

Litigation

Sabin

Sabin Litigation

brief

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - brief

response

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - response

reply

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - reply

opposition

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - opposition

complaint

Charleston Filed Suit Against Fossil Fuel Companies Alleging Their Responsibility for “Devastating” Climate Change Impacts

Charleston and Fossil Fuel Companies Weighed in on Impact of Executive Order on City’s Lawsuit

letter

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - letter

amicus brief

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - amicus brief

order

South Carolina Trial Court Dismissed Charleston’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies

Filing Year For Action

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Company, Inc. - letter

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Company, Inc. - reply

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Company, Inc. - brief

stipulation

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Company, Inc. - stipulation

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Company, Inc.

opinion and order

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - opinion and order

notice

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - notice

motion

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - motion

status report

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - status report

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - order

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co. - stipulation

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A loan is a policy instrument where funds are provided to a borrower with the expectation of repaying the principal plus interest.

The processes through which enterprises can identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address their actual and potential adverse impacts. Due diligence is the idea that reasonable precautions should be taken to avoid causing harm to people, the environment, or society. It also involves identifying and mitigating risks before they occur.

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

A long-lived, colourless gas, chiefly emitted from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and cement production.

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.

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.

Oil is a combustible liquid fossil fuel composed mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring as crude oil and refined into petroleum products such as petrol, diesel and kerosene.

Fossil gas, commonly known as natural gas, is a fossil fuel consisting chiefly of methane with smaller amounts of other hydrocarbons and trace gases, found in underground deposits.

People whose health, both mental and physical, makes them more vulnerable to the effects of climate change

This sector involves the wholesale and retail selling of goods.

This sector creates and distributes information and entertainment through television, radio, print, and digital platforms.

Activities that involve planning, designing and building infrastructure, residential, and commercial structures.

Activities of government agencies and institutions that provide public services, enforce laws and manage public resources.

The activities of industries that transforms raw materials into finished goods through industrial processes.

This sector involves activities to move goods and people, alongside the storage of products.

Slow onset events evolve gradually from incremental changes over many years or from increased frequency or intensity of recurring events. As defined in the Cancun Adaptation Framework (2010), slow onset events include risks and impacts from rising temperatures, desertification, biodiversity loss, land and forest degradation, glacial retreat, ocean acidification, sea level rise, and salinization.

Terrestrial means "of the earth" and relates to the risks to ecological system that includes all living organisms and their interactions within land-based environments, such as forests, grasslands, and deserts.

Extreme weather refers to events where a weather variable exceeds (or falls below) a threshold. Meaning it is significantly different from the average or usual weather pattern.

Any substance with chemical properties that can cause physical harm to people or damage the environment, including ammonia, carbon monoxide, phosphine, chlorine, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, pesticides, dioxins, microplastics, benzene, asbestos, aflatoxins, fluoride, methanol, and toxins from marine sources.

An aim to achieve a quantifiable outcome within a given time-frame, set by an institution such as a national government.

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.

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

Financial actors and resources that are primarily directed towards climate change mitigation, adaptation and compensation.

An enterprise or financial institution that is usually majority-owned, backed or significantly controlled by nation-state governments.

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Company, Inc.

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