Legal researcher Dr Joseph Smith has been analysing specialist evidence for the effects of universal warming and the legal basis for assessor activity.
The attempt has been sponsored by the Public Health and Medical Research Council.
Dr Smith believes practical evidence linking climate pennies to pollution is any more sound enough to arrange a civil position rail businesses and governments.
" I anticipate professional's an arguable situation influence consequently far as Australia is a per capita major polluting nation, " he said.
" It is not a signatory to the Kyoto protocol, so there's a prima facie case there that could addressed in the courts. "
He points to a case in the US state of California where six car manufacturers face compensation claims for contributing to global warming.
Dr Smith says progress on legal action based on climate change mirrors actions against tobacco companies.
" This field is one which is moving much faster than the 1950s where tobacco and the asbestos and mesothelioma cases first came, " he said.
" So I think in the future we'll be seeing some successes. "