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214 Cases found

ACCC Carbon Neutral Claims

At issue: Whether the Climate Active certification program is misleading consumers according to the Australian Consumer Law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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Campaign to Protect Rural England v Secretary of State for Transport (challenge to the A57 Link Roads Development Consent Order 2022)

At issue: The lawfulness of consenting of a new major road project without considering cumulative carbon emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Rights: Community: Action v. Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Action Plan for Salt Cross Garden Village)

At issue: Whether planning inspectors acted unlawfully when finding a council’s inclusion of net-zero standards in its plan for the development of a new village conflicted with national policy.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Possible v. Secretary of State for Transport; and GALBA v. SST (challenges to government’s ‘Jet Zero strategy’ for decarbonising aviation)

At issue: Whether the government’s “Jet Zero” strategy breaches the Climate Change Act or public law principles.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Movement v. Waka Kotahi

At issue: Whether, in its preparation of a National Land Transport Programme (NLTP), New Zealand’s national land transport agency had lawfully complied with its procedural obligations under national legislation and high-level policy, including an alleged obligation to put in place quantitative measures for emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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Request for an advisory opinion on the obligations of States with respect to climate change

At issue: Whether states have specific obligations under international law to prevent and redress the adverse effects of climate change in order to protect the climate system as well as present and future generations.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Courts & Tribunals
    • International Court of Justice
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Declic et al. v. The Romanian Government

At issue: Whether the mitigation and adaptation targets undertaken by the Romanian authorities violate the Paris Agreement, European, and domestic law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Romania
    • Cluj Court of Appeal
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Students for Climate Solutions Inc v. Minister of Energy and Resources

At issue: Whether in granting petroleum exploration permits, the defendant government was required to consider the effects that granting such permits would have on greenhouse gas emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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Office of the Inspector General and Others v. Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and Others

At issue: Whether the Ministry of Environment and the office of the President failed to comply with their obligations established by Law 1931 of 2018 regarding climate action.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca
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Cementownia “Warta” S.A. v. Commission of the European Communities

At issue: Whether the court should annul the Commission's decision rejecting part of the Polish Phase II NAP.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Union
    • General Court (known as Court of First Instance before 2010)
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ISA, ABRAMPA and Greenpeace v. Brazil

At issue: Whether changes to the legal norms on exportation of wood products is illegal.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Amazonas
      • 7th Federal Environmental and Agrarian Court of the Judiciary Section of Amazonas
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Industrie de bois de Vielsalm & Cie v. Walloon Region

At issue: Whether the Swiss government's climate change mitigation targets and implementation measures were adequate under EU Directive 2004/8/EC.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Union
    • European Court of Justice
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Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law

At issue: Whether there are specific obligations by State parties to UNCLOS to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from climate change and protect and preserve the marine environment in relation to climate change impacts.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
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Finnish Association for Nature Conservation and Greenpeace v. Finland

At issue: Whether the Finnish government has ignored its commitments to mitigate GHG emissions under Finnish law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Finland
    • Supreme Administrative Court
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Residents of Omkoi v. Expert Committee on EIA Consideration and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning

At issue: Whether the approval granted for the Omkoi coal mining project be revoked on the basis of Thailand’s national laws and its international obligations in the context of violation to right to a clean and healthy environment and right to public participation in conducting an EIA?
Jurisdictions:
  • Thailand
    • Chiang Mai
      • Administrative Court
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Anton Foley and others v Sweden (Aurora Case)

At issue: The adequacy of Sweden’s climate change mitigation policy, in possible violation of human rights protected by the ECHR.
Jurisdictions:
  • Sweden
    • Nacka District Court (Nacka tingsrätt)
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Greenpeace v. Ministry of Energy and Others (on the Energy Sector Program 2020 and Electric Industry Law)

At issue: Whether the amendments to the Electric Industry Act and PRODESEN transgress the right to a healthy environment.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • District Court
  • Mexico
    • Circuit Court
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CEMDA v. Rise of Legacy Transmission Rates

At issue: Whether the Mexican Electricity Commission’s resolution to increase legacy transmission rates that affect renewable energy projects is unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • District Court
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Idheas Litigio Estratégico v Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (CENACE) and Secretaría de Energía (SENER)

At issue: Whether The Agreement and its Annex to guarantee the efficiency, quality, reliability, continuity, and security of the National Electric System in light of the SARS-CoV2 (COVID 19) pandemic transgressed the right to a healthy environment and constitutes a setback on energy transition goals.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • Circuit Court
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Ecodefense & Other NGOs v. Russia

At issue: Group of Russian activists file supreme court case demanding stronger action on the Russian government in meeting the goals of 2015 Paris climate accords.
Jurisdictions:
  • Russia
    • Supreme Court
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