Environmental litigation in national courts is increasingly pointing the way toward novel approaches that can be useful in challenging the status quo on behalf of people and the planet. In formulating strategy, activists should consider the factors driving the litigation outcomes, the characteristics of the emerging legal landscape, and the contours of appropriate government regulation and corporate compliance frameworks, taking into account these developments. Although in this blog we focus on lessons from lawsuits in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States, lawsuits in the Global South are also instructive strategically.