Suits against governments Archives - Climate Change Litigation

281 Cases found

Rights of Indigenous People in Addressing Climate-Forced Displacement

At issue: U.S. tribes filed human rights complaint with UN, alleging U.S. government has failed to address climate-caused displacement.

Jurisdictions:

United Nations Special Rapporteurs

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

UN Human Rights Committee Views Adopted on Teitiota Communication

At issue: Kiribati citizen argued New Zealand's denial of refugee status violated international human rights.

Jurisdictions:

United Nations Human Rights Committee

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

Yokosuka Climate Case

At issue: Plaintiffs challenged environmental impact assessment of coal-fired generating units.

Jurisdictions:

Japan
- Tokyo District Court

Preston New Road Action Group v. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Lancashire County Council, Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd., Cuadrilla Elswick Ltd.

At issue: Claimant argued that the UK government failed require sufficient cumulative impact analysis and should have considered the possible climate effects of any future natural gas production, including negative impacts.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Ltd v. Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

At issue: Operator challenged UK regulator's decision, under EU ETS, to seek recovery of over-allocated emissions allowances without netting off other allowances to which operator was entitled.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- First-Tier Tribunal General Regulatory Chamber

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

R (on the application of McLennan) v. Medway Council

At issue: Whether planning board erred in failing to consider that proposed development would infringe on neighbor's use of solar panels.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Administrative Court, Queen's Bench Division

Mapuche Confederation of Neuquén v. YPF et al.

At issue: Indigenous group filed criminal complaint alleging mishandling of toxic fracking waste.

Jurisdictions:

Argentina
- Public Prosecutor

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

Private Corporation for the Development of Aysen, et al. v. Environmental Evaluation Service of Chile

At issue: Claimants challenged hydroelectric project, arguing that environmental assessment failed to consider climate impacts.

Jurisdictions:

Chile
- Environmental Court of Valdivia

Grez et al. v. Environmental Evaluation Service of Chile

At issue: Claimants challenge environmental impact assessment of proposed coal blasting project for failure to consider climate impacts.

Jurisdictions:

Chile
- Environmental Court of Valdivia

Greenpeace Luxembourg v. Schneider

At issue: Claimant sought information on Luxembourg's national pension fund's investment in climate-harming industries.

Jurisdictions:

Luxembourg
- Administrative Court

ArcelorMittal Rodange et Schifflange SA v. State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

At issue: Whether the EU emissions trading system permits member states to demand the surrender, without compensation, of unused allowances when a covered facility has ceased greenhouse gas-emitting activities.

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

Elektriciteits Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland EPZ NV v. Dutch Emissions Authority

At issue: Whether coal plant operator could count stored coal as a separate installation, and deduct coal lost during self-hearing while in storage, under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

Schaefer Kalk GmbH & Co. KG v. Germany

At issue: Company challenged treatment of carbon dioxide that becomes chemically bound as emitted for purposes of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

Borealis et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency of Sweden

At issue: Claimants challenged Swedish government's 2013 allocation of free allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

Bitter v. Germany

At issue: Plaintiff challenged validity, under EU Emissions Trade Scheme, of 100-euro penalty per ton of carbon dioxide emitted for which the operator has not surrendered allowances.

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice