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Conectas Direitos Humanos v. BNDES and BNDESPAR

At issue: Whether the Brazilian development bank and it's investment arm should align their investments with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal District
      • 9th Federal Civil Court of the Federal District
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Carbonext Tecnologia em Soluções Ambientais Ltda. v. Amazon Imóveis (Voluntary Carbon Market)

At issue: Enforcement of contractual obligations related to carbon credits.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Sao Paulo
      • 44a Vara Civel
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Sukhdev Vihar Welfare Residents Association v. Union of India

At issue: Operating waste-to-energy plant in a densely populated area leads to GHG emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • National Green Tribunal
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Society for Protection of Environment & Biodiversity v. Union of India

At issue: Quashing those parts of EIA regulation that exempt construction sector from environmental clearance.
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • National Green Tribunal
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Rajiv Dutta v. Union of India

At issue: Emissions from forest fires contribute to climate change, and the need to develop forest fire management plans.
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • National Green Tribunal
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Hindustan Zinc Ltd. v. Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission

At issue: Promoting renewable sources of energy (‘green power’) and strengthening renewable energy market.
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • Supreme Court
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Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action (ICELA) v. MoEF

At issue: Whether the government should formulate new climate policies regulating HFC-23.
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • National Green Tribunal
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Mahendra Pandey v. Union of India

At issue: Formulation and implementation of Delhi climate action plan.
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • National Green Tribunal
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S.S. Gölmarmara ve Çevresi Su Ürünleri Kooperatifi v. Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Manisa Directorate of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry

At issue: Request for the annulment of an order of payment and determination of the failure of the administrative duty to protect carbon sinks
Jurisdictions:
  • Turkey
    • Administrative Court of Manisa
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Gaurav Bansal v. Union of India

At issue: Whether State governments have formulated and implemented climate action plans at the state level.
Jurisdictions:
  • India
    • National Green Tribunal
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In the matter of AGL Limited

At issue: Whether AGL's Demerger Booklet provided adequate disclosure for shareholders to make a fairly informed decision in exercising their vote on whether or not to support the demerger.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Supreme Court of New South Wales, Common Law Division
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Highlands District Community Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

At issue: Whether the decision of a Mines Inspector under the Mines Act (British Columbia) to issue a permit to operate a rock quarry was unreasonable because the Mines Inspector failed to consider the climate change impacts of the proposed quarry.
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Court of Appeal
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Raincoast Conservation Foundation, et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, et al.

At issue: Whether to grant leave to appeal the Federal Court of Canada’s decision in Raincoast Conservation Foundation et al. v. Canada (Attorney General) et al., 2019 FCA 224 (No. 19-A-35) dismissing the applicants’ motion for leave to start an application for judicial review against the Governor in Council’s decision to approve the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project for a second time under the National Energy Board Act.
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • Federal Court
      • Supreme Court of Canada
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Ecology Action Centre v. Nova Scotia (Environment), 2022 NSSC 104

At issue: Whether the applicants had standing in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia to challenge, among other things, the decision of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to approve a highway realignment project related to the Goldboro LNG Project.
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • Nova Scotia
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Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation v. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

At issue: Whether the government of British Columbia’s 2021 Climate Change Accountability Report issued under the Climate Change Accountability Act meets the requirements under that Act.
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • British Columbia
      • Supreme Court
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Greenpeace Canada v. Shell Canada

At issue: Whether Shell’s Drive Carbon Neutral program violates the Canadian Competition Act by making false and/or misleading representations to the public.
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • Competition Bureau of Canada
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Altius Royalty Corporation et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta et al.

At issue: Whether, by virtue of requiring the phasing out of coal-fired electricity emissions, the defendants had de facto expropriated the plaintiffs’ royalty interest in coal from a coal mine in Alberta, Canada.
Jurisdictions:
  • Canada
    • Alberta Court of Appeal
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Sierra Club Canada Foundation et al. v. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada et al.

At issue: Whether the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s decision to approve the Bay du Nord Development Project was within his jurisdiction under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and was reasonable.
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ClientEarth v Board of Directors of Shell

At issue: Holding the Board of Directors of Shell Liable under the UK Companies Act s.172 and 174. ClientEarth UK are arguing that the board has not implemented a climate strategy that is in keeping with the Paris Agreement goal.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Mejillones Tourist Service Association and others with the Environmental Evaluation Service (SEA) of Antofagasta

At issue: Whether the environmental assessment of an thermoelectric power plant should consider climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Chile
    • Court of Appeal of Antofagasta
  • Chile
    • Supreme Court
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Amis de la Terre and Sherpa v. Perenco

At issue: Whether associations have standing to act in defense of a collective interest and obtain a measure of inquiry against a French company carrying out activities in a foreign country?
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Court of Paris
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FOCSIV and others v. FCA Italy (Stellantis NV)

At issue: Lack of disclosure of information on supply chain control in relation to the risk of human rights violations by cobalt suppliers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • OECD National Contact Point
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Women from Huasco and Others v. the Government of Chile, Ministry of Energy, Environment and Health

At issue: Whether the continued activity of a thermoelectric power plant in Chile is lawful considering Chile's decarbonization policies.
Jurisdictions:
  • Chile
    • Court of Appeal of Copiapo
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Coöperatie Mobilisation for the Environment U.A and others v. Executive Board of Province of North Holland (Vattenfall Power Generations Netherlands BV intervening)

At issue: Whether a permit for the construction and use of a biomass facility is lawful, considering the negative effects of higher emissions of nitrogen and CO2 on nature and the environment.
Jurisdictions:
  • Netherlands
    • District Court North-Holland
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Violations of human rights by to Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) and China due to coal fired plants in BiH

At issue: Alleged violations of human rights related to pollution, waste and effects on climate change resulting from the operation of a number of Chinese-supported coal fired plants operating or planned to operate in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Public Ministry of the State of São Paulo v. KLM

At issue: Whether airlines should remediate climate damage done during takeoff/landing given governmental authorization to perform such activities.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Superior Court of Justice
  • Brazil
    • Regional Federal Court, 3rd Region
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Kang et al. v. KSURE and KEXIM

At issue: Whether Tiwi Islanders were adequately consulted and environmental and climate harms properly assessed for the proposed Barossa pipeline that would run through a habitat protection zone near the Tiwi Islands.
Jurisdictions:
  • South Korea
    • Seoul District Court
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De Conto v. Italy and 32 other States

At issue: Youth filed human rights complaint against 33 governments.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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Uricchio v. Italy and 32 other States

At issue: Youth filed human rights complaint against 33 governments.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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Carême v. France

At issue: Whether there is a violation of Article 8 of the ECHR based on exposure to climate risk caused by insufficient government action.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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Saonu and Morobe Provincial Government v. Minster for Environment and Conservation and Climate Change and Others

At issue: Whether the environmental impact assessment of a mine was lawful and considered climate impacts.
Jurisdictions:
  • Papua New Guinea
    • Court of Justice at Waigani
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Associação Brasileira dos Membros do Ministério Público de Meio Ambiente vs. Ministro de Estado do Meio Ambiente ADPF 814

At issue: Change in the composition of the Climate Fund and allocation of resources.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Federal Supreme Court
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All Aboard Aotearoa v Auckland Transport

At issue: Whether adoption of regional land transport plan unlawful under New Zealand's climate laws.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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All Aboard Aotearoa v Waka Kotahi

At issue: Whether decision to build a road was unlawful under New Zealand's climate commitments.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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Baihua Caiga et. al., v. PetroOriental S.A.

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.
Jurisdictions:
  • Ecuador
    • Family, Women, and Children Judicial Unit from Francisco de Orellana Canton
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Herrera Carrion et al. v. Ministry of the Environment et al. (Caso Mecheros)

At issue: Whether gas flaring resulting from State’s authorization produces the violation of human rights violations of a group of nine children.
Jurisdictions:
  • Ecuador
    • Multicompetent Chamber of the Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbíos
  • Ecuador
    • Family, Women, and Children Judicial Unit of Lago Agrio in the Sucumbios Province
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Yayasan Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia v. Governor of Bali and others

At issue: Whether climate change should be considered as part of actual damage.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • Supreme Court
  • Indonesia
    • Denpasar Administrative Court
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Merbau Pelelawan Lestari

At issue: Cost recovery for illegal logging.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • Pekanbaru District Court
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Minister of Environment v. PT Selatnasik Indokwarsa and PT Simpang Pesak Indokwarsa

At issue: Restoration for climate damage from illegal mining activities and deforestation.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • North Jakarta District Court
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Rambang Agro Jaya

At issue: Restoration for climate damage caused by palm plantation land clearing.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • Central Jakarta District Court
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Asia Palem Lestari

At issue: Restoration for climate damage caused by palm plantation land clearing.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • North Jakarta District Court
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Arjuna Utama Sawit

At issue: Restoration for climate damage caused by palm plantation land clearing.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • Palangkaraya District Court
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Palmina Utama

At issue: Restoration for climate damage caused by palm plantation land clearing.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • Banjarmasin District Court
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa

At issue: Restoration for climate damage caused by palm plantation land clearing.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • North Jakarta District Court
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Ministry of Environment and Forestry v. PT Bumi Mekar Hijau

At issue: Restoration for climate damage caused by palm plantation land clearing.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • Palembang Court of Appeal
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Minister of Environment v. PT Kalista Alam

At issue: Restoration for climate damage caused by palm plantation land clearing.
Jurisdictions:
  • Indonesia
    • Meulaboh District Court
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DS-412: Canada — Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector

At issue: Whether Canada’s feed-in tariff program for electricity produced from renewable energy represents a violation of the national treatment provisions due to its local content requirements and whether it represents a prohibited subsidy.
Jurisdictions:
  • World Trade Organization
    • WTO Dispute Settlement Body
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The Climate Movement v. Ministry of Transportation

At issue: Challenge to the adequacy of environmental impact assessment in connection with government plans to construct an artificial peninsula.
Jurisdictions:
  • Denmark
    • Western High Court
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Regional Government of Atacama v Ministry of Mining and Other

At issue: Whether the changes in the government policies related to lithium exploitation for the country's energy transition was done without public participation and assessment of environmental impacts.
Jurisdictions:
  • Chile
    • Court of Appeal of Copiapo
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Kaiser, et al. v. Volkswagen AG

At issue: Whether VW is infringing on the right to climate protection by not committing to achieve carbon neutrality in the production and intended use of internal combustion engine cars.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Braunschweig
      • Regional Court of Braunschweig (Landgericht Braunschweig)
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Steinmetz, et al. v. Germany

At issue: Youth argue that Germany's amended GHG reduction goals continued to violate fundamental rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) v. Baden-Württemberg (BaWü)

At issue: The inadequacy of the climate protection law of the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Baden-Württemberg
      • Baden-Württemberg Administrative Court
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Matteo Feind, et al. v. Niedersachsen

At issue: The inadequacy of a climate protection law in the State of Lower Saxony.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Cosima Rade, et al. v. Baden-Württemberg (BaWü)

At issue: The inadequacy of a climate protection law in the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Federal Constitutional Court
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Greenpeace France and Others v. TotalEnergies SE and TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz France

At issue: Whether TotalEnergies’ campaign on aiming for ‘net zero’ by 2050, becoming a major player in the energy transition and the environmental virtues and transition role of gas and biofuels are deceptive marketing practices.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Court of Paris
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Challenge to the constitutionality of amendments to the rules governing Clean Energy Certificates

At issue: Whether the amendments to the Electric Industry Act are unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • Supreme Court
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Ruling on Constitutionality of “green taxes” in Baja California

At issue: Whether Baja California’s tax on the sale of gasoline, diesel and gas was unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • Circuit Court
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Henry v. EPA

At issue: Whether Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency’s issuing of an oil exploration permit violates Guyanese environmental laws.
Jurisdictions:
  • Guyana
    • Supreme Court
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Ruling on the constitutionality of state “green taxes” in Zacatecas

At issue: Whether a tax on GHG emissions instituted by the State of Zacatecas was unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • Supreme Court
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Greenpeace v. Mexico (Budget reduction for combating climate change)

At issue: Whether Greenpeace could challenge a budgetary reduction of funds to combat climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • Supreme Court
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Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA) v National Agency for Industrial Security and Environmental Protection in the Hydrocarbon Sector (ASEA)

At issue: Whether the modification of the period to submit the programs for control and prevention of methane emissions in the hydrocarbon sector is unconstitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • Circuit Court
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Tsama William and Others v. Uganda’s Attorney General and Others

At issue: Whether Uganda has failed to fulfil its positive obligations under climate change and disaster management law to manage the risk of landslides in the Bududa district.
Jurisdictions:
  • Uganda
    • High Court of Uganda at Mbale
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Guyane Nature Environnement and France Nature Environnement v. France

At issue: Whether the national energy policy objective of reducing GHG emissions by 40% between 1990 and 2030 applies to private companies and whether the limited extension of urban development near coastlines rule applies to environmental authorization.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Council of State
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Sustaining the Wild Coast NPC and Others v. Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others

At issue: Whether an oil exploration focused seismic survey challenges constitutional rights regarding consultation, conservation, cultural and spiritual livelihood while highlighting also negatively impacting climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • South Africa
    • High Court
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ClientEarth v Poland (on behalf of M.O.)

At issue: Whether the Polish government’s failure to protect plaintiff from the worsening effects of climate change violates personal and human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Poland
    • District Court
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ClientEarth v Poland (on behalf of P.R.)

At issue: Whether the Polish government’s failure to protect plaintiff from the worsening effects of climate change violates personal and human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Poland
    • District Court
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ClientEarth v Poland (on behalf of P.N.)

At issue: Whether the Polish government’s failure to protect plaintiff from the worsening effects of climate change violates personal and human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Poland
    • District Court
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ClientEarth v Poland (on behalf of M.S.)

At issue: Whether the Polish government’s failure to protect plaintiff from the worsening effects of climate change violates personal and human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Poland
    • District Court
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ClientEarth v Poland (on behalf of M.G.)

At issue: Whether the Polish government’s failure to protect plaintiff from the worsening effects of climate change violates personal and human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Poland
    • District Court
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Combeima River case of September 14, 2020

At issue: Whether the issuance of mining titles for natural resource exploration and exploitation activities in the Combeima and Cocora rivers violated human rights obligations.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Council of State
      • Administrative Tribunals
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Atrato River Decision T-622/16 of November 10, 2016

At issue: Whether river pollution resulting from illegal natural resource extraction activities violated human rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Constitutional Court
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Decision T-218/17 of April 19, 2017

At issue: Whether the lack of access to drinking water as a result of a decrease in natural water reservoirs due to climate change and the lack of adequate infrastructure by the Colombian government violated human rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Constitutional Court
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Decision SU-698/17 of November 28, 2017

At issue: Whether diversion of the Bruno River for natural resource exploration and exploitation activities violated human rights obligations.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Constitutional Court
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Decision C-298/16 of June 8, 2016

At issue: Whether the statutory provisions that allow mining activities in sensitive, high-altitude ecosystems (“páramos”) were constitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Constitutional Court
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Sendai Citizens v. Sendai Power Station

At issue: Whether the pollution and GHG emissions from the operation of the Sendai Power Station violates the citizens’ right to a peaceful life.
Jurisdictions:
  • Japan
    • Sendai High Court
  • Japan
    • Sendai District Court
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Rete Legalità per il Clima (Legality for Climate Network) and others v. ENI

At issue: Whether the industrial plan of ENI is compatible with the current climate emergency.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • OECD National Contact Point
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I.L. v. Italian Ministry of the Interior and Attorney General at the Court of Appeal of Ancona

At issue: Whether to grant humanitarian protection to individuals exposed to a real risk to their right to life in the country of origin when such risk is due to an adverse social, environmental and climate situation and not to an armed conflict.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Supreme Court of Cassation
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Rete Legalità per il Clima (Legality for Climate Network) v. Intensive livestock farming multinational companies operating in Italy

At issue: Whether the practice of intensive livestock farming in Italy is compatible with the climate emergency.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • OECD National Contact Point
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DS-593: European Union — Certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels

At issue: Whether EU’s renewable energy measures in respect of biofuels are discriminatory against palm-oil-based biofuels.
Jurisdictions:
  • World Trade Organization
    • WTO Dispute Settlement Body
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DS-600: European Union and Certain Member States – Certain Measures Concerning Palm Oil and Oil Palm Crop-Based Biofuels

At issue: Whether EU’s renewable energy measures in respect of biofuels are discriminatory against palm-oil-based biofuels.
Jurisdictions:
  • World Trade Organization
    • WTO Dispute Settlement Body
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Company Workers Union of Maritima & Commercial Somarco Limited and Others v Ministry of Energy

At issue: Whether the government's energy decarbonization plan failed to include the participation of workers and violated their human rights under a just transition.
Jurisdictions:
  • Chile
    • Court of Appeal of Antofagasta
  • Chile
    • Supreme Court
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Police v Hanafin

At issue: Whether protestors who trespassed on an oil platform should be convicted.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • New Zealand District Court
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Students for Climate Solutions v Minister of Energy and Resources

At issue: Whether decision to grant permits for oil and gas exploration was unlawful.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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R (oao Friends of the Earth) v Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy

At issue: Whether the SoS’s adoption of the Net Zero Strategy did not discharge his duties under the Climate Change Act 2008, and whether the adoption of the Heat and Buildings Strategy has meant that the SoS has breached the Equality Act 2010 (FoE’s Claim). Whether the SoS’s adoption of the Net Zero Strategy did not discharge his duties under the Climate Change Act 2008, and whether these duties had been interpreted compatibly with human rights obligations (ClientEarth’s and the Good Law Project’s claims).
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway

At issue: Whether Norway has violated the fundamental rights of Norwegian citizens through the adoption of the decision to license new blocks of Barents Sea for development of deep-sea oil and gas extraction and through the failure to take the necessary measure to address the risk of the climate crisis.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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Union of Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection v. Swiss Federal Council and Others (ECtHR)

At issue: Adequacy of Swiss government's climate change mitigation targets and implementation measures and possible infringement on human rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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R. v Brown (Extinction Rebellion protest, London City Airport)

At issue: Whether choosing to prosecute an XR protester for the offense of public nuisance was an abuse of process where alternative statutory offenses were available.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
        • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
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Federal Republic of Germany and Others v. Ville de Paris and Others

At issue: Whether a Commission regulation fixing emission values for real driving emissions tests for new light vehicles prevents local governments from imposing restrictions on the circulation of passenger vehicles in relation to their pollutant emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Union
    • European Court of Justice
  • European Union
    • General Court (known as Court of First Instance before 2010)
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Patrick Pouyanné (CEO of TotalEnergies) v. Greenpeace France

At issue: Whether there was a conflict of interest created when an oil company executive served on the board of directors of a public institution that was deciding whether to establish a research center funded by the oil company.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • National Financial Prosecutor's Office
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Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport v Climate Activists

At issue: Whether climate activists protesting the expansion of a Paris airport acted in a “state of necessity” to warn about the effects of climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Criminal Court of Bordeaux
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Greenpeace Argentina et. al., v. Argentina et. al.

At issue: Whether the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development decision to approve the offshore exploration of fossil fuels must be halted and declared null and void for its impacts on climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Federal Court of Mar del Plata N. 2
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Organización de Ambientalistas Organizados v. Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

At issue: Whether the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development decision to approve the offshore exploration of fossil fuels must be halted and declared null and void for its impacts on the Southern Right Whale and climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Federal Court of Mar del Plata N. 2
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Guillermo Tristan Montenegro v. Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

At issue: Whether the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development decision to approve the offshore exploration of fossil fuels must be halted and declared null and void for its impacts on climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Federal Court of Mar del Plata N. 2
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ADP Group (Paris Airports) v. Climate Activists

At issue: Whether climate activists protesting the expansion of a Paris airport acted in a “state of necessity” to warn about the effects of climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • France
    • Court of First Instance of Bobigny
      • Tribunal Correctionnel (penal matters)
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Julia Habana et. al., v. Mexico (Unconstitutionality of the reform to the Electricity Industry Law)

At issue: Whether the amendment of Mexico’s Electric Industry Law violates the constitutional right to a healthy environment by giving preference to electricity generated by coal and fuel oil-fired power plants over renewables.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • First Circuit Collegiate Tribunal
  • Mexico
    • District Court in Administrative Matters
  • Mexico
    • Supreme Court
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Nuestros Derechos al Futuro y Medio Ambiente Sano et. al., v. Mexico (Unconstitutionality of the reform to the Electric Industry Law)

At issue: Whether the amendment of Mexico’s Electric Industry Law violates the constitutional right to a healthy environment by giving preference to electricity generated by coal and fuel oil-fired power plants over renewables.
Jurisdictions:
  • Mexico
    • First Circuit Collegiate Tribunal
  • Mexico
    • District Court in Administrative Matters
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Italian Competition Authority Ruling Eni’s Diesel+ Advertising Campaign

At issue: Whether Eni’s Diesel+ advertising campaign constituted an unfair commercial practice by misrepresenting the “green” benefits of its Diesel+ fuel.
Jurisdictions:
  • Italy
    • Regional Administrative Court of Lazio
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Vegetarian Society et al. of Denmark v Danish Crown

At issue: Whether “climate-friendly" claims made by Danish Crown in its campaign promoting pork amount to misleading consumers through greenwashing and violate Denmark’s Marketing Act.
Jurisdictions:
  • Denmark
    • Western High Court
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Hauraki Coromandel Climate Action Incorporated v. Thames-Coromandel District Council

At issue: Whether the Thames-Coromandel District Council’s decision not to approve the Mayor’s signature of the Local Government Leaders’ Climate Change Declaration was legal.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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SkeenaWild Conservation Trust v. Government of Canada

At issue: Whether the Minister for Environment and Climate Change Canada's decision to approve a liquid natural gas project should be set aside based on a flawed environmental impact assessment
Jurisdictions:
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