The awakening of climate litigation in Brazil: strategies based on the existing legal toolkit
| Autor | Danielle de Andrade Moreira - Stela Luz Andreatta Herschmann |
| Cargo | Holds a PhD and Master of Law degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) - Is currently the Climate Policy Specialist at Observatório do Clima |
| Páginas | 172-186 |
The awakening of climate litigation in Brazil:
strategies based on the existing legal toolkit
O despertar da litigância climática no Brasil: estratégias a
partir de ferramentas jurídicas existentes
Danielle de Andrade Moreira*
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brasil
Stela Luz Andreatta Herschmann**
Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brasil
1. Introduction
George Bernard Shaw once said: “All great truths begin as blasphemies”.
There is a quote with a similar idea attributed to the German philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer, according to which all truth passes through three
*Danielle holds a PhD and Master of Law degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro
(UERJ). She is a Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio),
where she teaches in the Law School and in the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Environment
(NIMA/PUC-Rio). At PUC-Rio, she is also dean of law students, coordinator of the Research
Group “Law, Environment and Justice in the Anthropocene” (JUMA/ NIMA/PUC-Rio), mem-
ber of the advisory council of NIMA/PUC-Rio, and academic coordinator of the lato sensu
post-graduation course (specialization level) in Environmental Law. Danielle is a founding
member of the Association of Brazil’s Environmental Law Professors (APRODAB), where she is
currently member of the Advisory Council. She is also Vice President for the Southeast Region
of the Law for a Green Planet Institute (IDPV) and Vice President of the Deliberative Council
of the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO). E-mail: daniamoreira@puc-rio.br. Orcid: 0000-
0001-8860-7963
**Stela is currently the Climate Policy Specialist at Observatório do Clima. Before that, she
worked with multidisciplinary teams in impact assessment analysis of various infrastructure
projects and with climate change research and advocacy. Stela holds an MsC. in Public Adminis-
tration at Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV-EBAPE), an LL.M. in environmental law from Duke
University (US), and a post-graduation course (specialization level) in Brazilian Environmental
Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). She also is a researcher at the
Research Group “Law, Environment, and Justice in the Anthropocene” (JUMA/NIMA/PUC-Rio).
E-mail: stelaherschmann@gmail.com.
Direito, Estado e Sociedade n.59 p. 172 a 186 jul/dez 2021
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