This article discusses how litigation and alternative dispute resolution may redress climate change-related disputes. While not ruling out litigation, the difficulties of adjudicating complex scientific questions underlying climate change and the very fact-specific nature of such disputes can militate against its general adoption. By contrast, ADR is seen as more amenable by performing three separate and distinct roles: as an alternative to litigation, as a supportive mechanism, or as a transformative agent. The article is the first of two winning essays on the subject submitted to the inaugural 2021 Essay Competition of HK45, HKIAC’s young arbitration practitioners group.