European Union Film Festival: Duty of Care - The Climate Trials

Part of the European Union Film Festival in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh

Duty of Care tells the exclusive, inside story of Roger Cox, the first and only lawyer to have successfully sued a government and an oil giant in landmark court cases that established catastrophic climate change can be made illegal. Roger’s ground-breaking cases against the Dutch government and oil major Shell established that those in power owe a duty of care to citizens to avoid catastrophic climate change, stunning legal experts and sending shock-waves through parliaments and corporate boardrooms around the world. With echoes of the lawsuits against Big Tobacco, this inspirational 55-minute documentary gives viewers a behind-the-scenes experience of the David v. Goliath battle as one Dutch property lawyer turned litigation maverick takes on powerful states and the world’s largest oil company in the court room drama of our lifetimes.

Directed by Nic Balthazar

2022 | Belgium | Dutch and English language with English subtitles | DCP

Faculty and students of the University of Pittsburgh may attend for free by showing a Pitt University ID at the door.