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121 Cases found

ClientEarth v Poland (on behalf of P.N.)

At issue: Whether the Polish government’s failure to protect plaintiff from the worsening effects of climate change violates personal and human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Poland
    • District Court
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ClientEarth v Poland (on behalf of M.S.)

At issue: Whether the Polish government’s failure to protect plaintiff from the worsening effects of climate change violates personal and human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Poland
    • District Court
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ClientEarth v Poland (on behalf of M.G.)

At issue: Whether the Polish government’s failure to protect plaintiff from the worsening effects of climate change violates personal and human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Poland
    • District Court
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Combeima River case of September 14, 2020

At issue: Whether the issuance of mining titles for natural resource exploration and exploitation activities in the Combeima and Cocora rivers violated human rights obligations.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Council of State
      • Administrative Tribunals
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Atrato River Decision T-622/16 of November 10, 2016

At issue: Whether river pollution resulting from illegal natural resource extraction activities violated human rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Constitutional Court
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Decision T-218/17 of April 19, 2017

At issue: Whether the lack of access to drinking water as a result of a decrease in natural water reservoirs due to climate change and the lack of adequate infrastructure by the Colombian government violated human rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Constitutional Court
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Decision SU-698/17 of November 28, 2017

At issue: Whether diversion of the Bruno River for natural resource exploration and exploitation activities violated human rights obligations.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Constitutional Court
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I.L. v. Italian Ministry of the Interior and Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Ancona

At issue: Whether to grant humanitarian protection to individuals exposed to a real risk to their right to life in the country of origin when such risk is due to an adverse social, environmental and climate situation and not to an armed conflict.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Supreme Court of Cassation
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Company Workers Union of Maritima & Commercial Somarco Limited and Others v Ministry of Energy

At issue: Whether the government's energy decarbonization plan failed to include the participation of workers and violated their human rights under a just transition.
Jurisdictions:
  • Chile
    • Court of Appeal of Antofagasta
  • Chile
    • Supreme Court
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Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway

At issue: Whether Norway has violated the fundamental rights of Norwegian citizens through the adoption of the decision to license new blocks of Barents Sea for development of deep-sea oil and gas extraction and through the failure to take the necessary measure to address the risk of the climate crisis.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland (ECtHR)

At issue: Adequacy of Swiss government's climate change mitigation targets and implementation measures and possible infringement on human rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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Hauraki Coromandel Climate Action Incorporated v. Thames-Coromandel District Council

At issue: Whether the Thames-Coromandel District Council’s decision not to approve the Mayor’s signature of the Local Government Leaders’ Climate Change Declaration was legal.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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Children’s Petition to the United Nations Secretary-General to Declare a Climate Emergency

At issue: Whether the UN Secretary-General should declare a climate emergency.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Secretary General
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Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Minister of Environment and Brazil

At issue: Whether Brazil is violating fundamental rights and the national legal climate framework by decreasing mitigation targets in the country’s NDC.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Amazonas
      • 7th Federal Environmental and Agrarian Court of the Judiciary Section of Amazonas
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Pabai Pabai and Guy Paul Kabai v. Commonwealth of Australia

At issue: Whether the Australian government owes a duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders to take reasonable steps to protect Torres Strait Islanders, their traditional way of life and the marine environment in and around the Torres Strait Islands from climate change impacts. Further, whether the Australian government has breached the alleged duty by failing to implement measures to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Nature Conservation Council v. New South Wales (NSW) Nature Conservation Council of NSW v Minister for Water, Property and Housing

At issue: Whether NSW Government Ministers are required to properly consider climate change when drawing up water sharing plans and whether this requirement was met in relation to the Border Rivers Water Sharing Plan.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Land and Environment Court
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Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) v. Australia

At issue: Whether Australia is violating human rights of young people by presenting inadequate Nationally Determined Contributions.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Marlene Lemme, et al. v. State of Bayern (subsidiary claim)

At issue: The inadequacy of a climate protection law in the State of Bayern.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Bayern
      • Bayern Constitutional Court
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Marlene Lemme, et al. v. State of Bayern (constitutional claim)

At issue: The inadequacy of a climate protection law in the State of Bavaria.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Emma Johanna Kiehm, et al. v. State of Brandenburg

At issue: The lack of a climate protection law in the State of Brandenburg.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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