Gibson Dunn is “playing both sides” of free speech, using it to defend fossil fuel companies and silence the industry’s critics.

We’ve rounded up the past year’s top stories from our teams across the globe.

From a groundbreaking trial in Montana to a “truly historic” human rights hearing in Europe, climate change litigation took big steps forward this year.

Experts say investor pressure is “one tool in the arsenal” to fight against fossil fuel companies’ tried and true PR communication strategies.

The Federal Court of Appeal said “the burden of addressing [climate] consequences will disproportionately affect Canadian youth.”

JoJo Mehta says at least 35 countries are considering having ecocide recognized on par with genocide by the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

Now it’s so obvious that the system is failing, progress is finally possible.

Vanessa Nakate says young people fighting for a habitable planet need to be properly resourced.

Major polluters are wielding sponsorship as a weapon to make polluting products and lifestyles appear acceptable.

Left unaddressed, the warping of our collective consciousness by fossil industry propaganda will make it impossible to achieve the civilisation level transformation required for life as we know it to survive the 21st century.