At issue: Whether the greenhouse gas emitting activities of New Zealand’s largest emitters amount to violations of common law duties under public nuisance, negligence, and a novel climate tort.
At issue: Whether the defendant energy company has engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in its public statements concerning its greenhouse gas emission policies
At issue: Whether the appellant was an internally displaced person according to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. Whether the appellant was a refugee within the definition of 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Whether the appellant was a protected person within the meaning of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
At issue: Whether the respondent Minister had reasonable grounds to believe that the challenged ETS regulations could meet New Zealand’s emissions reductions targets.
At issue: Whether, in its preparation of a National Land Transport Programme (NLTP), New Zealand’s national land transport agency had lawfully complied with its procedural obligations under national legislation and high-level policy, including an alleged obligation to put in place quantitative measures for emissions.
At issue: Whether in granting petroleum exploration permits, the defendant government was required to consider the effects that granting such permits would have on greenhouse gas emissions.
At issue: Whether the adoption of a Regional Land Transport Plan by local government which increased carbon emissions was unlawful on the basis of procedural defects and inconsistency with national statutes.
At issue: Whether the Thames-Coromandel District Council’s decision not to approve the Mayor’s signature of the Local Government Leaders’ Climate Change Declaration was legal.
At issue: Whether advice provided by New Zealand’s independent Climate Change Commission was consistent with the requirements of domestic climate legislation.