At issue: Whether the implementation of the REDD+ project and the purchase of carbon credits violated the plaintiffs’ (Indigenous community) fundamental rights to free, prior and informed consultation, active and effective participation in decision making, territory as collective property, self-determination and environmental justice from an Indigenous perspective
At issue: Whether the state Complementary Law (LC) 1.089/2021, initiated by the State Governor, is unconstitutional, questioning in particular: (i) art. 1º, caput, and its paragraphs 1º and 2º; (ii) art. 2º, caput and paragraphs 1º and 2º; (iii) art. 15, caput and sole paragraph; (iv) art. 17, caput and its items; and (v) Annexes I, II, V, VI, VII and VII.
At issue: Whether the permitting of open-pit coal project has been conducted in violation of the National Policy on Climate Change and without proper participation and prior consultation to traditional fishermen communities.
At issue: Whether the permitting of thermoelectric plants project has been conducted without considerations of GHG emissions, water related impacts, and prior consultation with indigenous people.
At issue: Whether the permitting of a open-pit coal project has been conducted without the participation of indigenous communities and considerations of GHG emissions.
At issue: Whether gas flaring resulting from a private company’s oil extraction contributes to climate change and associated violations of the rights of nature and the rights of indigenous peoples living in the vicinity of the operation’s site.