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As regulatory efforts to curb greenhouse-gas emissions stall, many are seeking legal routes to achieve justice on climate change.

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Figure 1: Climate litigation cases in the US by year.

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Figure 2: Climate litigation cases in the US from 1989 to 2011 by type.

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Adam, D. Climate change in court. Nature Clim Change 1, 127–130 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1131

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