With its multiplicity of causes and consequences, its potential for causing damage and harming individuals on a large scale, and its borderless character, it was only a matter of time before climate change made its way into court. And like other major social issues, the appeal of litigation not only resulted from the urgency and importance of climate change, but also from the inadequate or inexistent legal and policy responses to it. In a context where inaction, whether in Washington, Brussels or Copenhagen, can only lead to more