Court of Appeal Archives - Climate Change Litigation

7 Cases found

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
- 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