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Regional Court Stuttgart on climate neutral vinegar cleaner

At issue: Whether a company can market their vinegar based cleaning product as “climate neutral”
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Regional Court of Stuttgart
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Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main on carbon neutral hygiene II

At issue: Whether a cleaning product company can market their products as “climate neutral”, “self-recycling”.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main
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Alcantara S.p.A. v. Miko S.r.l.

At issue: Whether a company's green claims are an as act of unfair competition.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Court of Gorizia
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Italian Competition Authority v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and Volkswagen Group Italia S.p.A

At issue: Whether Volkswagen Group Italia S.p.A. and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft have incurred in unfair commercial practices when using "green claims" in relation to their products.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Italian Competition Authority Administrative Courts
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Greenpeace Italy et. Al. v. ENI S.p.A., the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A.

At issue: Whether a private company violated a duty of care and human rights obligations by failing to take adequate action to curb contributions to climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Civil Court of Rome
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Altroconsumo v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and Volkswagen Group Italia S.p.A

At issue: Whether compensation for damages suffered as a result of unfair commercial practices in which "green claims" were used are due.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Court of Venice
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Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) v. INEA and Karpowership Brasil Energia Ltda.

At issue: Whether the permitting of towers for power transmission lines should be analyzed together with the project of floating Thermoelectric Plants considering its cumulative and synergic impacts and its contribution to climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Rio de Janeiro
      • Rio de Janeiro Federal Court
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Instituto Internacional Arayara v. IBAMA and others

At issue: Whether the permitting of thermoelectric plants project has been conducted without considerations of GHG emissions and water related impacts.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Rio de Janeiro
      • Rio de Janeiro Federal Court
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Austria v. European Commission

At issue: Whether investments in fossil gas and nuclear energy rightly qualify as “environmentally sustainable” under the EU Taxonomy.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Union
    • General Court (known as Court of First Instance before 2010)
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ClientEarth v. Commission

At issue: Whether the labeling by the Commission of bio-plastics and the use of forest-biomass for bio-energy as ‘green investments’ is unlawful.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Union
    • General Court (known as Court of First Instance before 2010)
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BUND v. Germany

At issue: Adoption of an emergency climate program and emission reduction targets for the building and transport sectors.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg
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Climate Activists v. Government of Heinsberg

At issue: The legality of a legal order prohibiting the entry of hamlet, which is to be cleared for lignite mining purposes.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Homeowners v. District Government of Arnsberg

At issue: Whether continued operation of a coal mine and clearing and appropriation of private property is compatible with the German constitutional requirement of climate protection.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe v. Germany (LULUCF)

At issue: The insufficient emissions reductions targets in the LULUCF sector, to achieving greenhouse gas neutrality.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Baden-Württemberg Administrative Court
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Church of England Pensions Board and others v. Volkswagen AG

At issue: Whether VW’s lobbying activities align with its climate goals.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Braunschweig District Court
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Private Forest Owners v. Thuringia

At issue: Whether a section of the Thuringia Forest Act, prohibiting the change of forest areas for the construction of wind turbines interferes with property rights under the German Basic Law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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DWS Greenwashing

At issue: Whether advertisements of DWS claiming contribution towards climate goals, amounted to misleading advertising.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main
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Individuals v. Germany

At issue: Whether the German legislature was violating its constitutional duties, by not introducing a speed limit on highways.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Greenpeace Ltd v (1) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (2) the Oil and Gas Authority; and Uplift v (1) SSBEIS and (2) the OGA (North Sea oil and gas licensing)

At issue: The lawfulness of a further licensing round for North Sea oil and gas, and of related policy, including in respect of whether end use emissions are direct effects for the purposes of strategic environmental assessment.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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ClientEarth v. Financial Conduct Authority (Ithaca Energy plc listing on London Stock Exchange)

At issue: Whether the financial disclosures required for an oil and gas company to list on the London Stock Exchange were lawful, despite not detailing certain climate-related risks.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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