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Ecodefense & Other NGOs v. Russia

At issue: Group of Russian activists file supreme court case demanding stronger action on the Russian government in meeting the goals of 2015 Paris climate accords.

Jurisdictions:

Russia
- Supreme Court

Lauwrys A.O. v. The Province of Antwerp

At issue: Whether GABRIËLS & CO l.c.'s new gas station project in Boechout complies with the climate objectives under the Flemish Code for Spatial Planning

Jurisdictions:

Belgium
- Antwerp
  - Council for Permit Disputes

Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) v. Germany

At issue: Whether Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport's "Sofortprogramm" complies with Section 8(1) of KSG, which requires federal government agencies to draft immediate action programs when their emissions exceed the permissible annual emission budget.

Jurisdictions:

Germany
- Berlin
  - Administrative Court

Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA) v. Mexico (on the Climate Change Fund)

At issue: Whether the elimination of the Climate Change Fund violates the constitutional right to a healthy environment.

Jurisdictions:

Mexico
- District Court in Administrative Matters

Mexico
- Supreme Court

Pedro Jesús v. Volkswagen Audi España S.A. & M. Conde Premium S.L.

At issue: The Supreme Court declared the responsibility of the defendant company as the seller of a vehicle to the appellant, for fraud in the installation in its vehicles of a computer program designed to falsify the measurements of polluting gas emissions. The responsibility derived from the letter sent to the acquirers and users of their vehicles, in terms that only the manufacturer can assume, which constitutes an act of its own.

Jurisdictions:

Spain
- Supreme Court

Spain v. Apostolos Mangouras & Others (“Prestige” case)

At issue: Whether who were responsible for the environmental damage caused by the oil spill of “Prestige” and the determination of the amounts of compensation of each party held liable.

Jurisdictions:

Spain
- Supreme Court

ClientEarth and Ecologistas en Acción v. Spain

At issue: Whether regional and national Spanish authorities have failed to adopt the necessary measures to protect Mar Menor in accordance with EU and national environmental laws.

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Court of Justice

Fliegenschnee et al. v. Federal Ministry for Digitalisation and Business Location, Austria

At issue: Whether individuals can demand the phasing out of fossil fuels based on Austrian laws and EU Effort Sharing Regulation Act.

Jurisdictions:

Austria
- Vienna
  - Administrative Court of Vienna

ClientEarth v. Flemish Region

At issue: Whether the approval by the Flemish authorities of INEOS' Project One is illegal under EU and Belgium laws due to INEOS' inadequate assessment of how the project would impact the climate.

Jurisdictions:

Belgium
- Flanders
  - Environmental Ministry of Flanders

Smith v. Attorney-General

At issue: Whether New Zealand’s climate law framework violated common law duties, statutory rights, or te Tiriti o Waitangi | the Treaty of Waitangi.

Jurisdictions:

New Zealand
- High Court of New Zealand

Challenging criteria and technical requirements to perform fracking in Colombia

At issue: Whether the challenged norms contradict superior norms and cause an irreparable threat or harm to the environment by authorizing fracking in Colombia without sufficient regulation.

Jurisdictions:

Colombia
- Council of State
  - Administrative Courts

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

The Friends of Nature Institute v. Gansu State Grid

At issue: Whether a company's failure to connect renewable energy to the grid is unlawful as it generates additional GHG emissions.

Jurisdictions:

China
- High Court of Gansu Province (Gansu State Grid)

Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Woodside Energy Ltd & Anor

At issue: Whether the Scarborough gas project should be subject to approval under Australia’s national environment law.

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- Federal Court of Australia

Dennis Murphy Tipakalippa v National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority & Anor

At issue: Whether, in the course of preparing its environment plan for regulatory approval, Santos should have consulted with the applicant and his community; Whether the applicant and his community are considered “relevant persons” for consultation under the relevant regulations

Jurisdictions:

Australia
- Federal Court of Australia

Wayúu Indigenous community and others v. Ministry of Environment and others

At issue: Whether the environmental license of Cerrejón Zona Norte Coal Mining Project violates environmental provisions and human rights to FPIC, health and a healthy environment due to its effects on climate change and GHG emissions.

Jurisdictions:

Colombia
- Council of State
  - Administrative Tribunals

Complaint to the European Ombudsman on oil and gas imports from Russia

At issue: Whether the European Union has not adequately assessed the human rights and greenhouse emissions implications of its continued Russian oil and gas imports after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and of its current and planned measures to reduce the EU’s energy dependence on Russia.

Jurisdictions:

European Union
- European Ombudsman

Czech Republic v Poland (Mine de Turów)

At issue: Whether Poland infringed Directive 2011/92 of the European Parliament and the Council on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of certain public and private projects by adopting national legislation which allowed the competent authorities to extend the license for lignite mining without carrying out the EIA

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