Other Archives - Climate Change Litigation

25 Cases found

Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Japan

At issue: Families sought to block coal-fired units, compel government to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.

Jurisdictions:

Japan
- Osaka District Court

Álvarez et al v. Peru

At issue: Peruvian youth sued Peru to require net zero deforestation the Amazon by 2025.

Jurisdictions:

Peru
- Superior Court of Lima

Mathur, et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario

At issue: Youth brought suit to challenge Ontario's 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target.

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Ontario
  - Superior Court of Justice

La Rose v. Her Majesty the Queen

At issue: Canadian youth sought declarations that Canada violated their rights by failing to take sufficient action on climate change, and an order requiring the government to implement a Climate Recovery Plan.

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Federal Court

External Contribution to the French Constitutional Council

At issue: Environmental group filed memorandum asking French Constitutional Council to invalidate the French Parliament's adoption of an energy and climate bill, alleging that the measures provided are insufficient to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Jurisdictions:

France
- Constitutional Council

Saskatchewan v. Canada re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act; Bill C-74, Part 5

At issue: Whether the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act passed by the national government is constitutional

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Saskatchewan
  - Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

Canada
- Supreme Court of Canada

Commune de Grande-Synthe v. France

At issue: Whether the French government’s failure to take further action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions violates domestic and international law

Jurisdictions:

France
- Council of State

EU Biomass Plaintiffs v. European Union

At issue: Whether the European Union’s 2018 revised Renewable Energy Directive illegally treats forest biomass as a renewable fuel by not counting CO2 emissions from burning wood fuels

Jurisdictions:

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

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

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

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change v. Friends of the Earth

At issue: Challenge retrospective aspect of proposed feed-in-tariff rate reduction

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

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

Essent Belgium NV v. [Flemish region of] Vlaams Gewest

At issue: Determine legality under EU law of Flemish scheme to promote domestic sources of renewable energy

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

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
- Swiss Supreme Court

Urgenda Foundation v. State 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

Thomson v. Minister for Climate Change Issues

At issue: Challenge to Minister's target for greenhouse gas emission reductions

Jurisdictions:

New Zealand
- High Court of New Zealand

Imported Motor Vehicle Industry Association Incorporated v. Minister of Transport

At issue: Sought judicial review of emissions standards for used cars imported into New Zealand

Jurisdictions:

New Zealand
- High Court of New Zealand

Re French Carbon Tax: Decision No. 2009-599 DC of Dec. 29, 2009

At issue: Challenge to proposed French carbon tax

Jurisdictions:

France
- Constitutional Council

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston (On request for preliminary ruling from Gerechtshof ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands))

At issue: Requesting guidance as to the meaning of the term ‘dual use’ in Directive 2003/96/EC

Jurisdictions:

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