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Friends of the Earth v. UK Export Finance

At issue: Whether the UK government's decision to provide financing to a liquid natural gas project in Mozambique violated climate commitments
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
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Conservation Council of Western Australia v. Hatton and Woodside

At issue: Whether the state EPA's allowing expanded natural gas sourcing violated the state Environmental Protection Act due to environmental and climate impacts
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Western Australia
      • Supreme Court
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KEPCO Bylong Australia v. Independent Planning Commission and Bylong Valley Protection Alliance

At issue: Whether a planning commission's rejection of a coal mine on sustainability and climate grounds was unlawful
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Land and Environment Court
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Transport Action Network v. Secretary of State for Transport (on National Policy Statement)

At issue: Whether the UK government's national policy statement on road building must be reassessed in light of new, more ambitious climate targets
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
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Transport Action Network v. Secretary of State for Transport and Highway England Company (on Roads Investment Strategy)

At issue: Whether the UK government's Second Roads Investment Strategy unlawfully fails to consider climate and air pollution impacts
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
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Elliott-Smith v. Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy et al.

At issue: Whether the UK Emissions Trading Scheme sets an improperly high emissions cap and unlawfully excludes incinerator emissions
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division
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Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Brazil

At issue: Whether the Brazilian Constitution guarantees a fundamental right to a stable climate and whether the Brazilian government may be compelled to meet emission and deforestation reduction goals
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal District Court of Curitiba
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Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights et al. v. Tanzania and Uganda

At issue: Whether agreements to build the East African Crude Oil Pipeline violate environmental and human rights impact assessment requirements
Jurisdictions:
  • East African Court of Justice
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PSB et al. v. Brazil (on deforestation and human rights)

At issue: Whether Brazil's failure to curb deforestation and resulting climate change violates fundamental constitutional rights of indigenous peoples and current and future generations.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal Supreme Court
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Thomas v. EPA

At issue: Whether environmental permit that allowed oil exploration and production for 23 years violated Guyanese environmental regulations limiting such permits to five years
Jurisdictions:
  • Guyana
    • Supreme Court
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Greenpeace Mexico v. Ministry of Energy and Others

At issue: Whether Mexico's energy sector policy violates human rights by promoting fossil fuels at the expense of renewables
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • District Court in Administrative Matters
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Shrestha v. Office of the Prime Minister et al.

At issue: Seeking an order to compel the government of Nepal to enact an adequate climate change law
Jurisdictions:
  • Nepal
    • Supreme Court
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Korean Biomass Plaintiffs v. South Korea

At issue: Whether South Korea's subsidies to biomass generation violate the constitutional environmental rights of solar owners and nearby residents
Jurisdictions:
  • South Korea
    • Constitutional Court
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Lark v. Shellharbour City Council

At issue: Plaintiff challenged climate-based conditions in building permit
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Land and Environment Court
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Greenpeace v. Spain

At issue: Environmental groups sued Spanish government for greater climate action.
Jurisdictions:
  • Spain
    • Supreme Court
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Carballo, et al. v. State of the Province of Buenos Aires and the Provincial Agency for Sustainable Development

At issue: Plaintiffs alleged irregularities in permitting for thermoelectric plant.
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Administrative Court of Azul
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Carballo et al. v. MSU S.A., UGEN S.A., & General Electric

At issue: Plaintiffs sought to block thermoelectric plant
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Federal Court of Azul
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OAAA v. Araucaria Energy SA.

At issue: Plaintiffs sought to block thermoelectric plant
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Federal Court of Mercedes
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Hahn et al. v. APR Energy S.R.L (II)

At issue: Plaintiffs sought to block thermoelectric plant
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Federal Court of Campana
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Hahn et al. v. APR Energy S.R.L

At issue: Plaintiffs sought to block thermoelectric plant
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Federal Court of Campana
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