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11 Cases found

ADI 7332 (Policy for “just energy transition” of the State of Santa Catarina)

At issue: Whether the Policy for Just Energy Transition of the State of Santa Catarina, which provides subsidies to coal, is unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal Supreme Court
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Instituto Internacional Arayara vs. National Electrical Energy Agency and Brazil

At issue: Challenge of National Agency of Electrical Energy (ANEEL) Auction which aims to hire energy from gas-fired thermoelectric plants.
Jurisdictions:
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Fabiano Contarato, Randolph Rodrigues and Joenia Batista v. Ricardo Salles

At issue: Whether the Minister of the Environment committed high crimes and misdemeanors (crime de responsabilidade) by failing to implement policy that proactively achieves Brazil's targets for reducing GHGs in violation of Brazil's international commitments to combat climate change, in particular the Paris Agreement.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal Supreme Court
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ONG Costa Legal and others vs. Municipality of Florianópolis and others

At issue: NGO's seek the declaration of rights of the Conceição Lagoon and structural measures to protect it.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Santa Catarina (SC)
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Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office v. Ricardo Salles and Federal Union

At issue: The Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks to declare administrative improbity and removal of the Minister of Environment for the practice of intentional acts that violated the constitutional duty to protect the environment.
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Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Federal Union and Federal Environmental Agencies (IBAMA and ICMBio) (Chico Mendes Extraction Reserve)

At issue: Seeking to prevent the continuation of illegal deforestation in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve (RESEx), to recover the deforested areas and to hold the defendants responsible for their failure to protect the environment.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Acre
      • 2nd Federal Civil and Criminal Court of the Judiciary Section of Acre
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Public Ministry of the State of Rio Grande do Sul vs. State of Rio Grande do Sul and FEPAM (Carbochemical Complex)

At issue: The Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks to declare the illegality of the construction of the Carbon Chemical Complex in Rio Grande do Sul and the implementation of the State Policy on Mineral Coal
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Rio Grande do Sul
      • Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (TJRS)
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Federal Public Ministry vs. Federal Union (Zoning of Sugar Cane)

At issue: Whether a government decree allowing for the expansion of sugarcane activities in the Amazon and Pantanal biomes violates the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Amazonas
      • 7th Federal Environmental and Agrarian Court of the Judiciary Section of Amazonas
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ADI 7095 (Complexo Termelétrico Jorge Lacerda)

At issue: Whether the Just Energy Transition Program, which provides subsidies to a coal generating complex, is unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal Supreme Court
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ABRAGET vs. State of Rio de Janeiro (Decree on Energy Compensation Mechanism)

At issue: Whether a state energy compensation mechanism imposes an excessive legal burden on energy companies.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Rio de Janeiro
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Clara Leonel Ramos and Bruno de Almeida de Lima vs. State of São Paulo (Families for the Climate and IncentivAuto Program)

At issue: The adequacy of the regulations of the IncentivAuto Program (Automotive Regime for New Investments) to the international, federal, and state rules protecting the climate system.
Jurisdictions:
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