Greenpeace Nordic Ass’n v. Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (People v Arctic Oil) At issue: Constitutionality of Norwegian government decision to license new blocks of Barents Sea for development of deep-sea oil and gas extractionJurisdictions:Norway Norwegian Supreme Court Norway Borgarting Court of Appeal Norway Oslo District Court READ MORE
Association of Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection v. Federal Department of the Environment Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) and Others At issue: Adequacy of Swiss government's climate change mitigation targets and implementation measures and possible infringement on human rightsJurisdictions:Switzerland Swiss Supreme Court READ MORE
Urgenda Foundation v. State of the Netherlands At issue: Seeking declaratory judgment and injunction to compel the Dutch government to reduce GHG emissionsJurisdictions:Netherlands The Hague Court of Appeals Netherlands The Hague District Court READ MORE
Leghari v. Federation of Pakistan At issue: Farmer challenged government for failure to carry out core provisions of 2012 lawJurisdictions:Pakistan Punjab Lahore High Court READ MORE
Ali v. Federation of Pakistan At issue: Injunction against development of Thar CoalfieldJurisdictions:Pakistan Punjab Lahore High Court READ MORE
Gbemre v. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. and Others At issue: Challenge to the practice of gas flaring in the Niger Delta by oil and gas companiesJurisdictions:Nigeria Federal Court of Nigeria READ MORE
Ioane Teitiota v. The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment At issue: Refugee status soughtJurisdictions:New Zealand Supreme Court of New Zealand READ MORE
In re: AD (Tuvalu) At issue: Resident visa soughtJurisdictions:New Zealand Immigration and Protection Tribunal READ MORE
Neuzelle Agricultural Cooperative v. Head of Administrative Services of Oder-Spree rural district authority At issue: Preliminary ruling on two 2009 amendments to regional agricultural rulesJurisdictions:European Union European Court of Justice READ MORE
VZW Klimaatzaak v. Kingdom of Belgium & Others At issue: Compel federal and regional governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissionsJurisdictions:Belgium Brussels Court of First Instance READ MORE
Petition To The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Seeking Relief From Violations Resulting from Global Warming Caused By Acts and Omissions of the United States At issue: Petition to the Commission seeking relief from human rights violations resulting from global warming caused by acts and omissions of the United StatesJurisdictions:Inter-American System of Human Rights Inter-American Commission on Human Rights READ MORE