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| ''Law - regulation - environmental concerns - greenwashing.''
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| Climate-washing is a derogatory term for the overstatement of an organisation's climate-related concerns and actions, or those of a sector.
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| The concept derives from - and is closely related to - ''greenwashing''.
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| :<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Climate-washing goes beyond greenwashing'''''</span>
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| :"More recently, greenwashing [legal] complaints have also been brought on climate change grounds, where marketing campaigns have been alleged to mislead and/or overstate advertised performance in the context of climate change.
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| :Plaintiffs may seek monetary damages, civil penalties, and/or injunctive relief for the harm done by misleading, greenwashed communications.
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| :This type of climate-related greenwashing may be referred to as ‘climate-washing’, and litigation brought against it highlights the gap between state and non-state actors’ words and actions regarding climate change.
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| :It may include claims relating to the environment, human health, economics, or other aspects of climate change.
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| :The terms ''greenwashing'' and ''climate-washing'' have been used interchangeably.
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| :However, a distinction can be made in that climate-washing may encompass issues that go beyond the natural environment.
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| :This is analogous with how climate change concerns might go beyond - or be more specific than - environmental concerns."
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| :''Benjamin, Lisa; Bhargava, Akriti; Franta, Benjamin; Martínez Toral, Karla; Setzer, Joana; and Tandon, Aradhna. 2022. “Climate-Washing Litigation: Legal Liability for Misleading Climate Communications.” Policy Briefing, The Climate Social Science Network - January 2022.''
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Actor]] | | * [[Claimant]] |
| * [[Climate change]] | | * [[Defendant]] |
| * [[Climate Social Science Network]] (CSSN) | | * [[Jurisdiction]] |
| * [[Damages]] | | * [[Per incuriam]] |
| * [[Environmental concerns]] | | * [[Petition]] |
| * [[Ethics washing]] | | * [[Preliminary rulings]] |
| * [[Greenwash]]
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| * [[Injunction]]
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| * [[Law]]
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| * [[Liability]]
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| ==External link==
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| *[https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/publication/climate-washing-litigation-legal-liability-for-misleading-climate-communications/ “Climate-Washing Litigation: Legal Liability for Misleading Climate Communications.” Policy Briefing, The Climate Social Science Network]
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A public institution for the resolving of disputes.
For example, the European Court.
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A senior and authoritative internal structure within an organisation.
For example, the Court of the Bank of England.
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Historically, a monarch and their closest supporters and advisers.
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