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  • Non-U.S. Climate Change Litigation
    • Suits against governments
      • Environmental assessment and permitting
        • Natural resource extraction[36 Cases]
        • Utilities[21 Cases]
        • Renewable projects[40 Cases]
        • Climate adaptation[50 Cases]
        • Other projects[31 Cases]

177 Cases found

Hanuman Laxman Aroskar v. Union of India

At issue: Whether the Indian government's approval of a new airport adequately considered environmental impacts
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • Supreme Court
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Friends of the Earth v. UK Export Finance

At issue: Whether the UK government's decision to provide financing to a liquid natural gas project in Mozambique violated climate commitments
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
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Conservation Council of Western Australia v. Hatton and Woodside

At issue: Whether the state EPA's allowing expanded natural gas sourcing violated the state Environmental Protection Act due to environmental and climate impacts
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Western Australia
      • Supreme Court
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KEPCO Bylong Australia v. Independent Planning Commission and Bylong Valley Protection Alliance

At issue: Whether a planning commission's rejection of a coal mine on sustainability and climate grounds was unlawful
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Land and Environment Court
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Transport Action Network v. Secretary of State for Transport (on National Policy Statement)

At issue: Whether the UK government's national policy statement on road building must be reassessed in light of new, more ambitious climate targets
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
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Transport Action Network v. Secretary of State for Transport and Highway England Company (on Roads Investment Strategy)

At issue: Whether the UK government's Second Roads Investment Strategy unlawfully fails to consider climate and air pollution impacts
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
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Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights et al. v. Tanzania and Uganda

At issue: Whether agreements to build the East African Crude Oil Pipeline violate environmental and human rights impact assessment requirements
Jurisdictions:
  • East African Court of Justice
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Thomas v. EPA

At issue: Whether environmental permit that allowed oil exploration and production for 23 years violated Guyanese environmental regulations limiting such permits to five years
Jurisdictions:
  • Guyana
    • Supreme Court
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Carballo, et al. v. State of the Province of Buenos Aires and the Provincial Agency for Sustainable Development

At issue: Plaintiffs alleged irregularities in permitting for thermoelectric plant.
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Administrative Court of Azul
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Johnston v Bass Coast Shire Council

At issue: Court considered climate change in assessing development permit
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Victoria
      • Civil and Administrative Tribunal
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Sharma and others v. Minister for the Environment

At issue: Youth sought injunction to block coal project.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Cherry Tree Wind Farm Pty Ltd v Mitchell Shire Council

At issue: Challenge to wind farm
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Victoria
      • Civil and Administrative Tribunal
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Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Minister for the Environment and Energy

At issue: Environmental group challenged coal mine
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe v. Stralsund Mining Authority

At issue: Environmental group challenged natural gas pipeline permit
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Supreme administrative court of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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Instituto Socioambiental et al v. IBAMA and the Federal Union

At issue: Plaintiffs sought reversal of an act issued by the federal environmental agency that eased requirements for the exportation of timber.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • 7th Federal Environmental and Agrarian Court of the Judiciary Section of Amazonas
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Vince et al. v. Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy et al.

At issue: Plaintiffs sought review of energy national policy statements in light of UK's new climate commitment and the Paris Agreement.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Planning Court, Queen's Bench Division
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Ecology Action, et al. v. Minister of Environment and Climate Change

At issue: Environmental groups challenged approval of exploratory drilling, including on climate grounds
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • Federal Court
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Fridays for Future Estonia v. Eesti Energia

At issue: Environmental group challenged issuance of construction permit for an oil plant.
Jurisdictions:
  • Estonia
    • Tartu Administrative Court
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Friends of the Irish Environment v. The Government of Ireland, et al.

At issue: Whether Irish Government inadequately considered National Planning Framework's climate impacts.
Jurisdictions:
  • Ireland
    • High Court of Ireland
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Packham v. Secretary of State for Transport

At issue: Halt railway project on the ground that GHGs had not been adequately considered.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
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