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38 Cases found

Coöperatie Mobilisation for the Environment U.A and others v. Executive Board of Province of North Holland (Vattenfall Power Generations Netherlands BV intervening)

At issue: Whether a permit for the construction and use of a biomass facility is lawful, considering the negative effects of higher emissions of nitrogen and CO2 on nature and the environment.
Jurisdictions:
  • Netherlands
    • District Court North-Holland
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All Aboard Aotearoa v Waka Kotahi

At issue: Whether decision to build a road was unlawful under New Zealand's climate commitments.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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The Climate Movement v. Ministry of Transportation

At issue: Challenge to the adequacy of environmental impact assessment in connection with government plans to construct an artificial peninsula.
Jurisdictions:
  • Denmark
    • Western High Court
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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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D. G. Khan Cement Company v. Government of Punjab

At issue: Whether a provincial decision barring new or expanded cement plants in environmentally fragile areas was lawful
Jurisdictions:
  • Pakistan
    • Supreme Court
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Friends of the Earth et al. v. Prefect of of Bouches-du-Rhône and Total

At issue: Whether a permit to operate a biorefinery must take into account climate impacts of palm oil production and use.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Administrative Court of Marseille
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Association for Protection of Democratic Rights v. The State of West Bengal and Others

At issue: Whether the State of West Bengal may cut hundreds of trees in order to construct and widen roads.
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • Supreme Court
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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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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 suspended and reviewed in light of new, more ambitious climate targets
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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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
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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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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
      • High Court of Justice
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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
        • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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ClientEarth v. Secretary of State

At issue: Environmental group challenged government's decision to approve natural gas plant.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
        • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Japan

At issue: Whether the Notice of Finalization by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry allowing the construction and subsequent operation of new coal-fired power plants is legal based on the greenhouse gas emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • Japan
    • Osaka High Court
  • Japan
    • Osaka District Court
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Yokosuka Climate Case

At issue: Plaintiffs challenged environmental impact assessment of coal-fired generating units.
Jurisdictions:
  • Japan
    • Tokyo District Court
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Friends of the Earth and Others v. Secretary of State for Transport

At issue: Whether the ANPS, the Government’s policy providing in-principle support for expansion at Heathrow airport, adopted under the Planning Act 2008 gave adequate consideration to the UK’s climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
        • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
  • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
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Pandey v. India

At issue: Adequacy of India's climate change mitigation efforts vis-a-vis Public Trust Doctrine and other legal obligations
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • National Green Tribunal
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