JURIST

MARCH 5, 2021

A European Union court ruled Thursday that the UK was in breach of the bloc’s air pollution limit by failing to fulfil its obligations under the combined provisions of Article 13(1) and of Annex XI to Directive No 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The program is intended to ensure compliance with the annual emission targets for the building and transportation sectors for the years 2024 to 2030. Unlike in the 2021 landmark ruling in Neubauer et al. On the merits as well, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are not alone in this assessment.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 24, 2025

million tons of CO 2 -equivalent between 2019 and 2030, including 2.2-3.1 Filed in November 2022, the case was referred to the Supreme Court by the Nacka District Court in April 2024 for a preliminary assessment of justiciability. The applicants called for annual reductions of 6.4-9.4 million tons reduced domestically.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The Hague District Court ordered Shell in Milieudefensie et al. Royal Dutch Shell plc to reduce its emissions by 45% by 2030, relative to 2019, across all activities, including its subsidiaries and both its own emissions and end-use emissions (Scope 1, 2 and 3). The government has full discretion in how to comply with the measures.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In June 2022, the Prague Municipal Court ruled in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. the Netherlands (Ministry of Climate and Energy) , the District Court of the Hague held that energy companies RWE and Uniper could not claim financial compensation from the government for the mandatory phase-out of coal-fired electricity production.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 1, 2022

In its Nationally Determined Contribution , Japan has committed to reducing GHG emissions by 46% in 2030 from 2013 levels and achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The Osaka District Court and the Osaka High Court ruled that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the claims related to GHG emissions.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2024

The court ruled the complaint brought by the four individual women inadmissible due to the lack of victim status and maintained its strict requirements under Article 34 of the Convention. While the domestic case ( Commune de Grande-Synthe v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2022

In 2021, the German Federal Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the petitioners and struck down parts of Germany’s climate law as incompatible with fundamental rights for failing to set sufficient provisions for emissions cuts beyond 2030. In Neubauer, et al.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2021

In the introduction we mentioned the English Supreme Court ruling in Okpaby v Shell [2021] UKSC 3 of February 2021. Increasingly, it seems, victims of environmental damage and foundations fighting for environmental protection can celebrate victories. To be continued – undoubtedly.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. The Court also accepted interventions by NGOs and other interested cities.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 18, 2022

On June 15, 2022, the Prague Municipal Court, a first instance administrative court, decided in favor of the plaintiffs in the first Czech strategic climate case ( Klimatická žaloba ?R The court rejected the plaintiffs’ claim related to the failure to implement sufficient adaptation measures. On standing. On adaptation measures.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

As Compliance Date for Methane Waste Rule Nears, California Federal Court Ruled That BLM Could Not Postpone Compliance, Oil and Gas Trade Groups Again Asked Wyoming Federal Court for Preliminary Injunction. On October 4 , the federal district court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. On August 31, BOEM issued a record of decision for Lease Sale 257.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The court said the petitioner’s comments on the draft and final EIRs concerning the analysis of greenhouse gas emissions were not sufficient to exhaust administrative remedies. Swiss Court Ruled that Imminent Danger of Climate Crisis Justified Protesters’ Actions.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

The court denied, however, Connecticut’s motion for costs and fees, noting that several issues raised by Exxon were novel in the Second Circuit and that many relevant portions of district court rulings in other circuits had not been subject to appellate review until the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Baltimore case.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency began with the Obama administration’s adoption of the Clean Power Plan, a 2015 rule that sought to combat climate change by reducing carbon pollution from power plants. Moreover, they add, in its 2011 decision in American Electric Power v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. Spain approved the National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030 in March 2021. temperature target.

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