2030 Court Rules Litigating 
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Climate litigation in Germany has achieved another major victory. On November 30, 2023, the Higher Administrative Court Berlin-Brandenburg ruled in DUH and BUND v. The program is intended to ensure compliance with the annual emission targets for the building and transportation sectors for the years 2024 to 2030.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
The decision, formally communicated to the parties on July 27, marks a pivotal moment in climate litigation. However, the Supreme Court found that the Spanish Government had complied with the Paris Agreement and the EU legislation. Under Annex 1 of the EU Regulation, by 2030, Spain must have reduced its GHG emissions by 37.7%
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 1, 2022
The Supreme Court of Japan may soon weigh in on a growing field of climate litigation in Japan against coal-fired power plants. On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Civil law cases.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 22, 2022
As noted at the end of last year, 2021 was significant for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. In June 2022, the Prague Municipal Court ruled in Klimatická žaloba ČR v. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 6, 2025
On November 26, 2024, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic dismissed the countrys first strategic climate case ( Klimatick aloba R v. Czech Republic ), finding that the European Union (EU)s commitment to reduce emissions by 55 percent by 2030 is a collective obligation, not an individual one for Czechia.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 9, 2024
In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.
JURIST
JUNE 17, 2021
In 2018, the Oslo District Court held that Article 112 only applies to local environmental harm and greenhouse gas emissions in Norway, but not to emissions from combustion that occurs abroad. The Norwegian lawsuit is the latest in an emerging branch of international climate change-related litigation.
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