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Friends of the Earth v. UK Export Finance

Filing Date: 2020
Status: Pending
Case Categories:
  • Suits against governments
    • Environmental assessment and permitting
      • Natural resource extraction
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
Principal Laws:
  • United Kingdom
    • Green Finance Strategy
  • UNFCCC
    • Paris Agreement
  • United Kingdom
    • Climate Change Act 2008
Summary:

In September 2020, Friends of the Earth England, Wales, and Northern Ireland filed suit in the High Court of Justice challenging the UK government's decision to provide $1 billion in financing to support liquified natural gas development in Mozambique. According to a briefing released by Friends of the Earth, plaintiffs allege that the UK conducted deficient assessments of climate, environmental, and human rights impacts and listed four grounds for the suit: 1) the finance decision incorrectly found the project consistent with UK and Mozambique's Paris Agreement commitments; 2) the government failed to properly analyze consistency with Paris Agreement obligations; 3) the decision was unreasonable because of the government's failure to adequately investigate climate, biodiversity, and human rights impacts; and 4) defendants acted unlawfully by failing to notify and publish relevant information on the decision. A decision on judicial review permission is expected in early 2021.

Case documents will be added as they become available.

At Issue: Whether the UK government's decision to provide financing to a liquid natural gas project in Mozambique violated climate commitments
Case Documents:

No case documents are available.

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