Yale Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative

The Yale Climate Change & Animal Agriculture Litigation Initiative is a first-of-its-kind academic accountability program focused on using the legal system to address the climate harms of industrial animal agriculture. Agribusinesses have not received legal or regulatory scrutiny commensurate with their share of climate pollution, and the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow and remain effectively unregulated in the US and in most of the world. Given the urgency of the climate crisis, litigation is emerging as a critical tool. Multidisciplinary expertise is critical to support such litigation, in light of the complexities of establishing legal accountability for climate change. After launching four years ago, the initiative is now well positioned to scale up and expand its work, transforming knowledge into real world action in partnership with outside NGOs and lawyers.