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.

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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 other types of cases, however, climate litigation saw important advancements this year. By Maria Antonia Tigre. Photo by Matt Palmer on Unsplash.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

According to the National Energy and Climate Plan 2030 , Portugal was to decarbonize the economy, promote sustainable mobility and put energy sufficiency first, among many other goals, and reduce emissions between 45 and 55 percent. This act represents the growing rise of climate-related lawsuits.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2022

The post also illustrates the positive impact the reform is likely to have on climate litigation initiatives in Italy. Adopting a comparative perspective, we draw on constitutional frameworks and recent climate litigation cases in other European jurisdictions. What does the reform bring about?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A look back at significant decisions in climate litigation in 2021. 2021 was a significant year for climate litigation, with several decisions worldwide providing a fresh look at stakeholder responsibility for climate change. A first decision in climate litigation against private actors. By Maria Antonia Tigre.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2025

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. This blog post discusses the case and its implications for future climate litigation and policy in Czechia. percent reduction by 2030.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 24, 2025

million tons of CO 2 -equivalent between 2019 and 2030, including 2.2-3.1 The Courts cautious approach to climate change litigation overall (elaborated in the following section) suggests that Swedish courts may hesitate to find victim status until the ECtHR has done so itself. First, Aurora implies a very narrow litigation margin.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations. Throughout her 30-year career, she has worked in litigation, from the private law firm to the governmental sector, civil and criminal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 24, 2025

It stated that the board (largely supported by the State) recoils in horror from the logical implications of this [the imposition of legally binding targets and strengthening of Irish domestic climate litigation following the Friends of the Irish Environment ruling] and demands the right to continue business as usual.

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JURIST

JULY 12, 2022

” Holcim responded to the suit, saying , “We significantly reduced our footprint over the last decade and will cut it further by 2030.” ” The post Indonesia island residents sue Swiss company for climate change effects appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2021

The Norwegian lawsuit is the latest in an emerging branch of international climate change-related litigation. In May, a Hague court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions 45 percent by 2030. That same day, a court in Uganda heard its first human rights case regarding climate change impacts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Today, a company can announce a climate target – such as a 30% emissions reduction by 2030 – without indicating whether this will require substantial changes to its business, or whether it will incur material costs to meet the target. What About Litigation and Enforcement Risk? Why is that important?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 12, 2022

The first week of July 2022 brought on several major developments in climate litigation in the Netherlands, with possibly significant ramifications for a new type of global climate litigation. This “splash” of misleading advertisement cases (rather than a “wave”) seems to be a fairly new phenomenon in climate litigation.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Formulated by the United Nations in 2015, they form the core of the 2030 Agenda and aim to enable people worldwide to live in dignity while respecting the earth’s ecological limit. In Public Law, including International Law, SGDs have already established themselves as a subject of research.

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JURIST

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Constitutional Court’s ruling came in response to four climate litigation cases that trace back to March 2020, when Youth 4 Climate Action , a group leading the Korean arm of the global school climate strike movement, initiated the first lawsuit.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 16, 2022

Legislative instruments play a critical role in empowering governments to take urgent and strategic actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change and can significantly impact the growth of climate litigation in a particular jurisdiction. The Future of Climate Change Litigation in Nigeria. In Gbemre v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 18, 2021

RELDI represented Win With Wind in litigation before the PSC to advocate for the project. Following the 2019 adoption of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a minimum of 70% of statewide electric generation must be supplied by renewable energy by 2030, and 100% must be derived from zero-emission sources by 2040.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 26, 2021

As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The case is the latest on a growing climate litigation trend in Brazil. Through the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) published in 2016, Brazil committed to reducing GHG emissions by 37% by 2025 and by 43% by 2030 as compared to a 2005 baseline. The Case in Context: Related climate litigation cases. In PSB et al.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 7, 2021

It’s not hard to see why freelancers could represent 80% of the global workforce by 2030. If you are a litigator and need someone to draft motions, then you want to make sure the person is a persuasive and strong writer. Despite this, it’s still possible to land yourself in a freelancing nightmare if you don’t hire correctly.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Czech Republic , ordering the Czech government to create a more ambitious emissions reduction plan based on its obligations under the Paris Agreement ( Press Release of Czech Climate Litigation ). Courts, litigants, and scholars have taken various approaches to fill this gap.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S. Here are the additions to the U.S. 24, 2016).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In this commentary, we recall the background of the case, provide context to the Tribunal’s decision, and shed light on the case’s takeaways for global climate litigation. The Tribunal’s use of Aarhus to broadly interpret standing is a promising development for climate litigation in other States parties to this Convention.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 10, 2024

C above pre-industrial levels, (6) to specify what this entails, namely: ensuring a [greenhouse gas (GHG)] emission level in 2030 that is net-negative as compared to the emissions in 1990; reducing domestic emissions by 61% below 1990 levels by 2030, and to net-zero by 2050, as the domestic component of a.;

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The applicants sought an injunction declaring that Shell is legally bound to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 45% below 2019 levels by 2030. The district court had granted Milieudefensies claims for a reduction target of 45% by 2030, leading to Shells appeal in 2022. Royal Dutch Shell. Three Takeaways from the Decision 1.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 22, 2021

Climate litigation using the rights of nature. Only a few rights of nature cases explicitly relate to climate change, according to the Global Climate Litigation Report: 2020 Status Review by the United Nations Environment Programme with support from Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. Can we reach this goal?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 11, 2025

is by deep, rapid and sustained reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions of 43 percent by 2030 and 60 percent by 2035, relative to 2019 levels. The IUCN noted that, according to the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the global stocktake decision, the only way to hold warming to 1.5C

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 6, 2025

This agreement, focused on the Salar de Atacama, home to over 90 percent of Chiles lithium reserves, grants Codelco a controlling interest (50 percent + 1 share) in lithium operations, while SQM manages production until 2030. After this point, Codelco will assume full control. The partnership aims to increase lithium output.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 19, 2021

These professionals will offer you theoretical and practical insights into commercial law, private international law and transnational litigation. trillion dollars in consumer spending by 2030. Relevance for investment. Africa’s population is approximately one billion people, and its growing population is expected to reach nearly 2.2

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 10, 2021

The judgment, in German, and an unofficial English translation, along with other documents, are available on the Sabin Center’s Non-US Climate Litigation Database, here.) Germany’s Federal Climate Change Act requires a 55% gradual reduction of German GHGs by 2030 and a reduction of 80-95% by 2050, compared to 1990. Background.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

RELDI represented Friends of Flint Mine Solar in litigation before the Siting Board and before a New York State Supreme Court to advocate for the project. New York State critically needs solar energy. The state cannot meet its statutorily mandated renewable energy targets without scaling up solar energy capacity.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

By 2030, Colombia aims to reduce its emissions by 51% in all sectors and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. For example, the court order in the Future Generations case, regarded as Colombia’s highest-profile climate litigation case, has yet to be fulfilled five years after the decision. of the national total.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 8, 2024

A climate-conscious approach demands, first, actively identifying the intersections between the issues of the legal problem or dispute and climate change issues and, second, giving advice and litigating or resolving the legal problem or dispute in ways that meaningfully address the climate change issues.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 21, 2023

Costa Rica has been a pioneer in the inclusion of markers of transnational access to justice in its annual reporting on SDG 16, and a leader in the region in relation to the work of judicial authorities in connection with the UN Agenda 2030.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Indonesia’s 2030 target projects that its energy emissions will increase above 2010 levels by 268%; waste emissions will increase by 236%; industrial process emissions will increase by 93%; agricultural emissions will increase by 8%; and forestry emissions will increase by 5%. Millions of Indonesians cautiously await its decision.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 30, 2024

Midori NARAZAKI, Climate Change Litigation and Private International Law: Review of the Hague District Court’s Judgment against Royal Dutch Shell Abstract: This paper analyzes a landmark decision by the District Court of The Hague on May 26, 2021, ordering Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030.

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The Fashion Law

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Coca-Cola, for instance, landed on the receiving end of litigation earlier this year related to its ESG claims, including aspirational ones, such as how it aims to “make 100% of our packaging recyclable globally by 2025,” and that “part of our sustainability plan is to help collect and recycle a bottle or can for every one we sell globally by 2030.”

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