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California Trial Court Denied Chevron’s Motion to Strike Climate Cases Under California Anti-SLAPP Law

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In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases - reply

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In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases - opposition

California Trial Court Concluded It Had Specific Jurisdiction over Fossil Fuel Defendants in Climate Cases

In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases - order

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In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases - motion

complaint

In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases - complaint

Filing Year For Action

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In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases

Fuel Industry Climate Cases - order

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Companies Sought California Supreme Court Review of Personal Jurisdiction

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco

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People v. Exxon Mobil Corp. - notice

California Filed Climate Change Action Against Fossil Fuel Industry Defendants

People v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

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California Appellate Court Found that Trial Court Erred in Concluding It Lacked Jurisdiction Over Citgo in Municipalities’ Climate Cases

In re Fuel Industry Climate Cases (County of San Mateo v. Citgo Petroleum Corp.)

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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