article thumbnail

Conference Report: The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law

Conflict of Laws

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 her presentation, she focused on tort law. This has not been the case for Private Law so far.

Laws 75
article thumbnail

Climate Litigation in Japan: What to Expect in 2025

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In the 2021 update to its Nationally Determined Contribution, under the Paris Agreement Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 46 % by 2030 compared to its 2013 levels (with aspirational target of 50%) and to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Royal Dutch Shell plc. ,

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Guest Commentary: An Assessment of the Hague District Court’s Decision in Milieudefensie et al. v. Royal Dutch Shell plc

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The court ordered Royal Dutch Shell (“RDS”) to reduce its emission by net 45% by 2030 in comparison to levels in 2019 – although without assertion of any unlawful conduct by the defendant (link to the judgement in English here ). Background. In the elaboration of the assessment (§4.),

Legal 81
article thumbnail

Guest Post: Climate Litigation in Japan: Citizens’ Attempts for the Coal Phase-Out

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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. In civil law, plaintiffs are aiming to expand the scope of personal rights that form a basis for an injunction under tort law.

article thumbnail

Guest Commentary: Brazilian’s first tort climate case for illegal deforestation in Amazonia

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Brazil has committed explicitly to zero illegal deforestation in Amazonia by 2030 in its Nationally Determined Contributions. In the first Brazilian climate tort case, the MPF calculated the climate damage owed due to years of deforestation in an unprecedented way. The petition opens the door for tort-based climate claims in Brazil.

Tort 40
article thumbnail

The Critical Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Achieving Net Zero

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

And that has implications for tort law, contract law, and property law, because it is less clear in many ways how basic legal principles such as negligence, foreseeability, force majeure, and reasonableness will apply to particular problems. In late 2023, LSEW committed “to being net zero by 2030” in its operations.

Lawyers 129
article thumbnail

Guest Commentary: New Italian Constitutional Reform: What it Means for Environmental Protection, Future Generations & Climate Litigation

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

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.