Court of Appeal Archives - Climate Change Litigation

9 Cases found

Packham v. Secretary of State for Transport

At issue: Halt railway project on the ground that GHGs had not been adequately considered.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

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

ClientEarth v. Secretary of State

At issue: Environmental group challenged government's decision to approve natural gas plant.

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

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

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

Plan B Earth and Others v. Secretary of State for Transport

At issue: Whether an approval to expand Heathrow International Airport is illegal due to inadequate consideration of climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement and advice to change national climate targets

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- Supreme Court

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

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

R. v. Dosanjh

At issue: Challenging criminal sentence for cheating the EU ETS

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

R. (on the application of Tate & Lyle Industries Ltd.) v. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

At issue: Challenge allocation of renewable energy subsidy claiming unfair and discriminatory

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal

R. (on the application of Swiss International Airlines AG) v. Secretary of State for Climate Change and Energy

At issue: Challenge validity of EU decision suspending greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme for some flights to and from the European Union

Jurisdictions:

United Kingdom
- England and Wales
  - Court of Appeal