Navigating the science-litigation interface

The interface between climate science and legal practice, particularly litigation, is of increasing relevance. Here we share our experiences from being involved in a number of legal cases over the past five years. Based on our experience, we discuss numerous challenges that are faced at this interface. These include presenting information in a way that a court can understand (and is typically very different from presenting information for scientific colleagues), the particular needs of litigation and their synergies and conflicts with scientific methods and uncertainty and the completely different timelines and pressure between the scientific and litigious environments. We outline various ways we have approached these challenges and highlight areas where we have not yet seen solutions. We conclude by laying out our view of the new research required to serve the science-litigation interface and some initial ideas of a research agenda to tackle this research.