Climate and Environmental Justice: A Comparative Perspective to ‘Think Different’ about Long-Lasting Issues

The essay deals with environmental and climate issues conveying a ‘think different’ approach to the legal debate, introducing the connection between science and law in reference to climate and environmental issues. From an interdisciplinary perspective, the inquiry focuses on constitutional clauses and state norms recognizing peculiar prerogatives for natural entities and environmental rights (Ecuador, Bolivia and New Zealand), as well as on remarkable leading cases concerning procedural and substantial rights (Colombia and India) and state responsibility for lacking climate actions (The Netherlands). Finally, the critical approach suggests key‐questions that could merge environmental and climate justice/litigation, as well as foster the debate on new legal paradigms, mainly addressed to EU legal systems.