Since AR5 there has been growing recognition of the potential of litigation for failure to take measures to adapt to climate change to drive climate risk management . Litigation cases on adaptation and loss and damage account for about one-third of those covered in the literature . Reasons for this growth are:  the growing gap between projected climate change impacts and current adaptation efforts  and  expanded legal duty of government, business and others to manage foreseeable harms . Climate change litigation is expanding geographically into the Americas, Asia  and Europe, with several cases brought in low- and middle-income countries  .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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