Human Rights Archives - Climate Change Litigation

21 Cases found

Notre Affaire à Tous and Others v. France

At issue: Whether the French government’s failure to take further action on climate change violates a statutory duty to act under domestic and international law

Jurisdictions:

France
- Administrative Court of Paris

Friends of the Earth Germany, Association of Solar Supporters, and Others v. Germany

At issue: Whether the German government violated plaintiffs’ fundamental rights by failing to meet greenhouse gas emission reduction goals

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Federal Constitutional Court

ENVironnement JEUnesse v. Canada

At issue: Whether the Canadian government violated fundamental rights of citizens aged 35 and under by failing to set a greenhouse gas emission reduction target and plan to avoid dangerous climate change impacts

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Quebec
  - Quebec Superior Court

Family Farmers and Greenpeace Germany v. German Government

At issue: Whether the German Federal Government violated plaintiffs constitutional rights and EU law through insufficient action to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Berlin
  - Administrative Court

Plan B Earth v. Secretary of State for Transport

At issue: Whether an approval to expand Heathrow International Airport is illegal due to inadequate consideration of climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement and advice to change national climate targets

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Armando Ferrão Carvalho and Others v. The European Parliament and the Council

At issue: Action seeking an injunction to order the EU to enact more stringent greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets through existing programs

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- General Court (known as Court of First Instance before 2010)

A Request for an Advisory Opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Concerning the Interpretation of Article 1(1), 4(1) and 5(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights

At issue: In an advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized the right to a healthy environment as a human right

Jurisdictions:

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Future Generations v. Ministry of the Environment and Others

At issue: Youth plaintiffs seek to enforce fundamental rights to a healthy environment which they claim are threatened by climate change and deforestation.

Jurisdictions:

Colombia
- Supreme Court

Plan B Earth and Others v. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy

At issue: Government’s alleged violation of the Climate Change Act 2008 for failure to revise its 2050 carbon emissions reduction target in light of the Paris Agreement and the latest science

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Administrative Court, Queen's Bench Division

Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Seeking Relief from Violations of the Rights of Arctic Athabaskan Peoples Resulting from Rapid Arctic Warming and Melting Caused by Emissions of Black Carbon by Canada

At issue: Address effects of black carbon on the Athabaskan people via arctic warming

Jurisdictions:

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Greenpeace Nordic Ass’n and Nature and Youth v. Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

At issue: Constitutionality of Norwegian government decision to license new blocks of Barents Sea for development of deep-sea oil and gas extraction

Jurisdictions:

Norway
- Oslo District Court

Union of Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection v. Swiss Federal Council and Others

At issue: Adequacy of Swiss government's climate change mitigation targets and implementation measures and possible infringement on human rights

Jurisdictions:

Switzerland

Urgenda Foundation v. Kingdom of the Netherlands

At issue: Seeking declaratory judgment and injunction to compel the Dutch government to reduce GHG emissions

Jurisdictions:

Netherlands
- The Hague
  - Court of Appeals

Netherlands
- The Hague
  - District Court

Leghari v. Federation of Pakistan

At issue: Farmer challenged government for failure to carry out core provisions of 2012 law

Jurisdictions:

Pakistan
- Punjab
  - Lahore High Court

Ali v. Federation of Pakistan

At issue: Injunction against development of Thar Coalfield

Jurisdictions:

Pakistan
- Punjab
  - Lahore High Court

Gbemre v. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. and Others

At issue: Challenge to the practice of gas flaring in the Niger Delta by oil and gas companies

Jurisdictions:

Nigeria
- Federal Court of Nigeria

Ioane Teitiota v. The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

At issue: Refugee status sought

Jurisdictions:

New Zealand
- Supreme Court of New Zealand

In re: AD (Tuvalu)

At issue: Resident visa sought

Jurisdictions:

New Zealand
- Immigration and Protection Tribunal

Neuzelle Agricultural Cooperative v. Head of Administrative Services of Oder-Spree rural district authority

At issue: Preliminary ruling on two 2009 amendments to regional agricultural rules

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

VZW Klimaatzaak v. Kingdom of Belgium & Others

At issue: Compel federal and regional governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Jurisdictions:

Belgium
- Brussels
  - Court of First Instance

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