Other projects Archives - Climate Change Litigation

45 Cases found

Deutsche Umwelthilfe v. Germany

At issue: Whether an environmental organization authorized under national law to bring legal proceedings can challenge before a national court an administrative decision granting or amending EC type approval.

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

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

Workers Party vs. National Environment Council (ADPF 749 on CONAMA Resolutions)

At issue: Whether a new resolution restricting environmental measures is unconstitutional.

Jurisdictions:

In re Václav Havel Airport Expansion

At issue: Whether the plan for expansion of Václav Havel Airport in Prague is compatible with the Paris Agreement.

Jurisdictions:

Czech Republic
- Prague Regional Court

Raincoast Conservation Foundation, et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, et al.

At issue: Whether to grant leave to appeal the Federal Court of Canada’s decision in Raincoast Conservation Foundation et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., 2019 FCA 224 (No. 19-A-35) dismissing the applicants’ motion for leave to start an application for judicial review against the Governor in Council’s decision to approve the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project for a second time under the National Energy Board Act.

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Federal Court
  - Supreme Court of Canada

Sierra Club Canada Foundation et al. v. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada et al.

At issue: Whether the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s decision to approve the Bay du Nord Development Project was within his jurisdiction under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and was reasonable.

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Federal Court
  - Supreme Court of Canada

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

All Aboard Aotearoa v Auckland Transport

At issue: Whether the adoption of a Regional Land Transport Plan by local government which increased carbon emissions was unlawful on the basis of procedural defects and inconsistency with national statutes.

Jurisdictions:

New Zealand
- High Court of New Zealand

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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