At issue: Whether and to what extent aviation emissions should play a role in deciding whether planning permission should be granted for the expansion of an airport.
At issue: The lawfulness of a further licensing round for North Sea oil and gas, and of related policy, including in respect of whether end use emissions are direct effects for the purposes of strategic environmental assessment.
At issue: Whether the financial disclosures required for an oil and gas company to list on the London Stock Exchange were lawful, despite not detailing certain climate-related risks.
At issue: Whether planning inspectors acted unlawfully when finding a council’s inclusion of net-zero standards in its plan for the development of a new village conflicted with national policy.
At issue: Whether the Coal Authority misinterpreted its legal powers and the Welsh government were in error of law under the Coal Industry Act 1994 to allow expansion of the Aberpergwm coal mine.
At issue: Whether there was a prima facie case for permission to continue a derivative claim against Shell’s directors for breach of their duties in respect of the company’s climate strategy and its response to the Milieudefensie ruling.