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ClientEarth and Lipu – BirdLife v. Lazio region

At issue: Whether Lazio region should take measures to protect the Vico Lake.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Regional Administrative Court of Lazio
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Cementownia “Warta” S.A. v. Commission of the European Communities

At issue: Whether the court should annul the Commission's decision rejecting part of the Polish Phase II NAP.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Union
    • General Court (known as Court of First Instance before 2010)
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ISA, ABRAMPA and Greenpeace v. Brazil

At issue: Whether changes to the legal norms on exportation of wood products is illegal.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Amazonas
      • 7th Federal Environmental and Agrarian Court of the Judiciary Section of Amazonas
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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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Industrie de bois de Vielsalm & Cie v. Walloon Region

At issue: Whether the Swiss government's climate change mitigation targets and implementation measures were adequate under EU Directive 2004/8/EC.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Union
    • European Court of Justice
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Specific Instance to the UK NCP under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises filed by Global Witness against UK Export Finance

At issue: Whether UK Export Finance was in breach of the OECD Guidelines for Multi-national Enterprises by failing to contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement, disclose emissions, and rapidly phase out support for fossil fuels.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines
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Specific Instance filed to the Australian National Contact Point under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by FoE Australia and Others v ANZ Bank Group Limited

At issue: Whether ANZ Bank breached the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises by failing to disclose emissions arising from its investments, failing to align its portfolio with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and failing to publish climate scenario analysis relating to all ANZ investments.
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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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Request for an advisory opinion on the scope of the state obligations for responding to the climate emergency

At issue: Whether states have specific obligations to confront climate emergencies within the context of the Inter-American System of Human Rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • Inter-American System of Human Rights
    • Inter-American Court of Human Rights
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Notre Affaire à tous v. FIFA

At issue: Whether FIFA's advertising of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as "carbon neutral" is misleading and false.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Jury de Déontologie Publicitaire (French advertisement ethics self-regulatory organization)
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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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Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law

At issue: Whether there are specific obligations by State parties to UNCLOS to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from climate change and protect and preserve the marine environment in relation to climate change impacts.
Jurisdictions:
  • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
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Finnish Association for Nature Conservation and Greenpeace v. Finland

At issue: Whether the Finnish government has ignored its commitments to mitigate GHG emissions under Finnish law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Finland
    • Supreme Administrative Court
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Yeşil Artvin Derneği and others v. Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change and Energy Market Regulatory Authority

At issue: Asking for the cancellation of the tacit rejection of the Presidency on the request to annul the license of the power plant in Çanakkale, Turkey.
Jurisdictions:
  • Turkey
    • 11th Administrative Court of Ankara
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe v. Germany

At issue: Whether an environmental organization authorized under national law to bring legal proceedings can challenge before a national court an administrative decision granting or amending EC type approval.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Union
    • European Court of Justice
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Carbon Market Watch v. FIFA

At issue: Whether FIFA's advertising of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as "carbon neutral" is misleading and false.
Jurisdictions:
  • Belgium
    • Belgian advertisement ethics panel
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The Netherlands v. RWE and Uniper (Anti-Arbitration Injunctions)

At issue: The admissibility of intra-EU arbitrations under the Energy Charter Treaty.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Higher Regional Court of Cologne
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RWE and Uniper v. the Netherlands (Ministry of Climate and Energy)

At issue: Whether energy companies Uniper and RWE can claim compensation for violation of their right to property under the ECHR as a result of the Prohibition of Coal in Electricity Production Act law that bans the use of coal in electricity generation by 2030.
Jurisdictions:
  • Netherlands
    • District Court North-Holland
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