Suits against governments Archives - Climate Change Litigation

260 Cases found

Claire Stephenson v. Secretary of State for Housing and Communities and Local Government

At issue: Claimant sought judicial review of a section of the National Planning Policy Framework that promoted fracking on the ground that the government failed to account for recent evidence of shale gas development's climate impacts.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division

Sheikh Asim Farooq v. Federation of Pakistan etc.

At issue: To determine whether the government of Pakistan violated its obligations under natural resource, climate change, and other policies by allowing large-scale deforestation

Jurisdictions:

Pakistan
- Punjab
  - Lahore High Court

Certain Activities Carried Out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua)

At issue: How the ICJ awards a country compensation for lost environmental goods and services, including gas regulation and carbon sequestration, resulting from another country’s environment-damaging activities

Jurisdictions:

International Court of Justice

ExxonMobil v. Germany

At issue: Whether a company can receive a free allocation of emissions allowances in the EU greenhouse gas emission trading scheme for a certain type of installation at a natural gas processing facility

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

Save Lamu et al. v. National Environmental Management Authority and Amu Power Co. Ltd.

At issue: Whether the National Environmental Management Authority violated public participation requirements in issuing a license to construct a coal-fired power plant and whether a coal company’s environmental impact assessment adequately considered climate change and other factors

Jurisdictions:

Kenya
- National Environmental Tribunal

Maria Khan et al. v. Federation of Pakistan et al.

At issue: Whether the government of Pakistan's inaction on climate change violated the constitutional rights of women and future generations including the right to a healthy environment and a climate capable of supporting human life

Jurisdictions:

Pakistan
- Punjab
  - Lahore High Court

Petition of Torres Strait Islanders to the United Nations Human Rights Committee Alleging Violations Stemming from Australia’s Inaction on Climate Change

At issue: Whether Australia violated the human rights of low-lying islanders through failure to act on climate change

Jurisdictions:

United Nations Human Rights Committee

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)

Gloucester Resources Limited v. Minister for Planning

At issue: Whether the government could decline a coal mine project application upon consideration of climate change impacts and other factors

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- New South Wales
  - Land and Environment Court

Friends of the Irish Environment v. Ireland

At issue: Whether Ireland’s National Mitigation Plan violated statutory law, the Irish Constitution, and human rights obligations because it is not set to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently over the next few decades

Jurisdictions:

Ireland
- High Court of Ireland

Ontario v. Canada re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

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

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Ontario
  - Court of Appeal

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

Friends of the Earth Germany, Association of Solar Supporters, and Others v. Germany

At issue: Whether the German government violated plaintiffs’ fundamental rights by failing to meet greenhouse gas emission reduction goals

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Federal Constitutional Court

H.J. Banks & Co. v. Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government

At issue: The legal reasoning required to deny a coal extraction project on the basis of adverse effects from associated greenhouse gas emissions

Jurisdictions:

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

ENVironnement JEUnesse v. Canada

At issue: Whether the Canadian government violated fundamental rights of citizens aged 35 and under by failing to set a greenhouse gas emission reduction target and plan to avoid dangerous climate change impacts

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Quebec
  - Quebec Superior Court

Family Farmers and Greenpeace Germany v. Germany

At issue: Whether the German Federal Government violated plaintiffs constitutional rights and EU law through insufficient action to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Berlin
  - Administrative Court

Greenpeace Canada v. Minister of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks; Lieutenant Governor in Council

At issue: Whether regulations and legislation undoing Ontario’s cap and trade program illegally failed to comply with requirements for public consultation

Jurisdictions:

Canada
- Ontario
  - Superior Court of Justice

McVeigh v. Retail Employees Superannuation Trust

At issue: Whether an Australian pension fund violated the law by failing to disclose information on climate business risks and its strategies to address these risks

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- Federal Court of Australia

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260 Cases found