ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

To redress this violation, Klimaatzaak asked the Tribunal to set specific—and legally binding—emission reduction targets of 48% in 2025 and 65% in 2030 compared to 1990 levels, achieving net zero emissions by 2050. With the rise of climate law, national governments contracted legal obligations to mitigate climate change.

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In fact, global clothing consumption is predicted to rise by 63 percent by 2030 , fueled both by increasing demand for readily available, mass-produced, trend-driven fast fashion, and by a growing middle class population with disposable income. But without legal changes, critics have questioned whether this is enough.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 29, 2024

First, the European Parliament voted on and adopted the proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) with 374 votes in favour, 235 against and 19 abstentions (see also the European Parliament’s Press Release ). It introduces responsible authorities and a database of forced labour risk areas or products.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2024

This alignment mirrors the anticipated direction of advisory opinions, thereby reinforcing the synergy between legal frameworks, human rights violations, and scientific imperatives in addressing the climate crisis. Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. While the domestic case ( Commune de Grande-Synthe v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2022

This post examines the reform and highlights the important changes it introduces to the Italian legal system. First, it provides solid legal ground for public bodies in Italy to steer economic activities to pursue environmental (and climate) objectives. This reform bears thus a two-fold implication.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The strategy required the UK Government to set and meet legally binding targets to reduce carbon emissions. The court concluded that the Minister lacked the legally required information to adopt the NZS, and that this compromised his ability to take account of the risk that the policies would not achieve the statutory carbon budgets.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 12, 2023

In 2021, the Hague District Court ordered Shell to reduce both its own carbon emissions and end-use emissions by 45% by 2030 in relation to the 2019 figures. More specifically, the NGOs request that BNP publishes and implements a new due diligence plan, containing the measures explained in the writ of summons.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2021

The same holds true for substantive law of evidence, including the specific rules on the burden of proof relating to a particular legal relationship. 1659 (2013), as well as Lubbe v. The other, general matters relating to the burden of proof and evidence are regulated by the lex fori , thus the Dutch law of civil procedure (at [3.1]).

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 27, 2022

The fundamental proposal of the author is, that the legal effects of the violation of rights, provided by such contracts, must be found in European, rather than in national law. Since its introduction, the supranational legal form of the SE, provided by EU law, has been widely used to circumvent national co-determination law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 19, 2025

8] In 2021, a court in the Hague found that Royal Dutch Shell violated its fiduciary duties under Dutch law by failing to address its climate risk adequately and ordered the company to reduce CO 2 emissions by net 45% by the end of 2030 against a 2019 baseline. [9] 5] Approximately two-thirds of U.S. The short answer is yes. Ripple, et al.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. The Court found that despite being aware of the certain risk of dangerous climate change to the country’s population, the authorities failed to take necessary action, meaning that they failed to act with prudence and diligence under Article 1382 of the Civil Code. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

The court concluded that it lacked jurisdiction because administrative appeals that raised the same legal issues were still pending before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In their main conclusions, the plaintiffs seek a Court injunction directing the government to reduce emissions 42 to 48% in 2025 and at least 55 to 65% in 2030.

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