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.
At issue: Whether environmental permit that allowed oil exploration and production for 23 years violated Guyanese environmental regulations limiting such permits to five years
At issue: Four political parties filed a Direct Action of Unconstitutional Omission to the Federal Supreme Court to compel the Ministry of the Environment to resume the activities of the Climate Fund.
At issue: Four political parties filed a Direct Action of Unconstitutional Omission before the Federal Supreme Court to compel the Ministry of the Environment to resume the activities of the Amazon Fund.
At issue: Kazakhstan’s non-compliance with requirements under Articles 5 and 7 of the Kyoto Protocol and methodological, reporting and national registry requirements and adjustments required to its 2017 submission with respect to CO2, CH4 and N2O emission estimates.
At issue: Lithuania’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating its capacity to account for emissions in compliance with guidelines under the Kyoto Protocol
At issue: Ukraine’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating compliance of its national systems with the procedures under the Kyoto Protocol.
At issue: Whether placing an eventual expiration date on a fossil fuel mining permit in service of national mitigation goals violates the permit holder’s right to peaceful enjoyment of property.
At issue: Romania’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating compliance of its national systems with the procedures under the Kyoto Protocol.
At issue: Brazil seeks to hold a steel company and its manager liable for environmental damages (promoting illegal deforestation) and climate damages (greenhouse gases derived from the illegally sourced coal)
At issue: Interpretation of Article 1 of Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the European Community, in the context of the advance payment of tax on greenhouse gas emission allowances allocated free of charge which have not been used or have been transferred.
At issue: Interpretation of Decision 2011/278, to determine whether free greenhouse gas emission allowances should be awarded in the context of implementing a process of separation of hydrogen in a rich gas stream which already contains hydrogen.
At issue: Saint-Gobain challenged the decision of the European Commission refusing access to the information of the Federal Environment Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany relating to Saint-Gobain’s installations in Germany.
At issue: INEOS challenged national provision, derived from Directive 2003/87/CE, establishing a time limit for applying for free emissions allocations for the period 2013-2020.
At issue: INEOS challenged the national legislation, derived from Directive 2003/87/CE, that excluded incompletely oxidised carbon in a liquid state from free emissions allocations.
At issue: Following the rejection by Germany of Trinseo’s application for free allocation of emission allowances, the ECJ must decide whether the directive n°2003/87/CE, that establishes a system of emission allowances and regulates the free allocation of those allowances, is applicable to the production of polycarbonate operated by Trinseo.
At issue: Poland unsuccessfully challenged the European Union’s decision to adopt a market stability reserve (which would effectively raise fossil fuel prices) on procedural grounds.
At issue: Social and environmental groups filed complaint against UK company alleging breaches of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises during permitting process for a fracking project in Slovenia.
At issue: Claimant argued that the UK government failed require sufficient cumulative impact analysis and should have considered the possible climate effects of any future natural gas production, including negative impacts.
At issue: Operator challenged UK regulator's decision, under EU ETS, to seek recovery of over-allocated emissions allowances without netting off other allowances to which operator was entitled.
At issue: Canadian youth sought declarations that Canada violated their rights by failing to take sufficient action on climate change, and an order requiring the government to implement a Climate Recovery Plan.
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