Other Archives - Climate Change Litigation

36 Cases found

Shrestha v. Office of the Prime Minister et al.

At issue: Seeking an order to compel the government of Nepal to enact an adequate climate change law

Jurisdictions:

Nepal
- Supreme Court

Korean Biomass Plaintiffs v. South Korea

At issue: Whether South Korea's subsidies to biomass generation violate the constitutional environmental rights of solar owners and nearby residents

Jurisdictions:

South Korea
- Constitutional Court

Greenpeace v. Spain

At issue: Environmental groups sued Spanish government for greater climate action.

Jurisdictions:

Spain
- Supreme Court

Youth v. Government of Mexico

At issue: Youth sought climate action by federal government.

Jurisdictions:

Mexico
- District Court in Administrative Matters

Asociación Civil por la Justicia Ambiental v. Province of Entre Ríos, et al.

At issue: Class action asks Argentinian Supreme Court to recognize rights of the Paraná Delta.

Jurisdictions:

Argentina
- Supreme Court

PSB et al. v. Brazil (on Climate Fund)

At issue: Four political parties filed a Direct Action of Unconstitutional Omission to the Federal Supreme Court to compel the Ministry of the Environment to resume the activities of the Climate Fund.

Jurisdictions:

Brazil
- Superior Tribunal Federal

Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Incorporated v. Environmental Protection Authority

At issue: Bush fire victims sought to compel greenhouse gas regulation

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- New South Wales
  - Land and Environment Court

In re Court on its own motion v. State of Himachal Pradesh and others

At issue: Court on its own motion issued restrictions to curb black carbon emissions, among other things.

Jurisdictions:

India
- National Green Tribunal

Do-Hyun Kim et al. v. South Korea

At issue: South Korean youth filed suit against the government alleging that insufficient action on climate change violates their fundamental rights.

Jurisdictions:

South Korea
- Constitutional Court

In the Matter of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, SC 2018, c. 12

At issue: Whether Canada's carbon pricing act is unconstitutional.

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Alberta Court of Appeal

Lho’imggin et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen

At issue: Indigenous groups alleged Canada's climate policy, approval of GHG-emitting projects violate human and constitutional rights.

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Federal Court

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

Canada
- Federal Court of Appeal

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