Courts worldwide are increasingly being asked to set limits on government support for fossil fuels to keep the public safe. In this blog I argue that State approval of new fossil fuel projects is incompatible with international law, and I examine what this means for upcoming cases. 1/3

The State Duty Not to Approve New Fossil Fuels

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Millions of people suffer from diseases caused by polluted air 😮‍💨🌆🏥 @gaialisi.bsky.social, a @ox.ac.uk DPhil student at @greentempleton.bsky.social, looks at how medical and scientific evidence can help to hold governments and corporations responsible👩‍🔬☑️

How medical evidence is shaping climate justice

Gaia Lisi is a University of Oxford DPhil student at the Faculty of Law and Green Templeton College 🏛️Her research looks at how medical and scientific evide...

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Today, in the @bmj.com, @gaialisi.bsky.social and I set out how developments in scientific evidence on the health impacts of climate change could pave the way for climate cases to follow in the footsteps of successful litigation on environmental pollution. Full piece here www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Medical evidence drove legal action to clean up the air we breathe—climate justice may be next

A growing corpus of legal action, grounded in medical and scientific evidence on the harmful effects of environmental pollution, aims to defend human rights to life and health. Rachel Carson’s semina...

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The drop in CO2 uptake on land (LULUCF) in Finland and Sweden isn't without political consequence. Finland and Sweden now asking the EU for more flexibility. Norway has also made similar comments (but is not an EU member country). www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Out now: our new study shows that climate change caused nearly 1,700 heat-related deaths in Zürich over 50 years. We assessed the effects of changing vulnerability to heat, heat-mortality within and outside of heatwaves, and the contribution of individual companies' emissions to heat deaths.

Klimasøksmålet fortsetter i Borgarting lagmannsrett! I dag: Hvordan de tre oljefeltene vil påvirke klima, natur og barn. Noen av vitnene: - Dag Olav Hessen, professor i biologi - Wim Thiery, bidragsyter til FNs klimapanels rapporter - Elvira Gomez Snerte, medlem av @naturogungdom.bsky.social

Klimasøksmålet 2025: Følg saken i lagmannsretten - Greenpeace Norge

Klimasøksmålet fortsetter: 28. august-4. september 2025 skal Borgarting lagmannsrett vurdere om tre oljefelt er ulovlige, og om produksjonen og utbyggingen må stanse umiddelbart.

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⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 happening now: #ClimateLitigation court hearing in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭, in 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚. This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms. 🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇

🚨 Out now in @climate-policy.bsky.social: New research with @thomwetzer.bsky.social @rubenpruetz.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social Lavanya Rajamani, Marianne Wood and Ewan White: States are depending heavily on CO2 removal to meet climate targets, risking the Paris Agreement goal.

Greenwashing lawsuits - Judges across the world are proving sceptical of companies’ attempts to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon credits - report Story by @isabellakaminski.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rise in legal challenges over carbon credit schemes

Scrutiny of how companies plan to meet climate commitments is growing, with many successful legal challenges

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🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE. 🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms. 🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇

⚠️We’re challenging the EU Commission’s undemocratic and rushed process to adopt the ‘Omnibus’, which risks weakening key corporate accountability laws. How we got here⬇️

Reports suggest that the EU Commission is considering, among other things, leaning on Article 6 carbon credits and carbon removals to reach a watered down 2040 climate target. Fabiola De Simone and Federica Dossi explain why that would be a reckless approach: carbonmarketwatch.org/2025/04/08/t...

The EU’s 2030 climate and energy goals are within reach, but stronger national plans are needed. ECNO’s updated briefing on 22 final updated NECPs highlights key opportunities for a climate neutral economy. See how the EU can turn ambition into action: climateobservatory.eu/delivering-2...

BREAKING We're helping a group of Spanish residents take their authorities to court for not acting against intensive livestock pollution. Intensive pig & poultry rearing has made local life “unfeasible”. But authorities have failed to act to protect people's health. Now residents are going to court⬇️

CO2 removal (CDR) is both essential and controversial because side-effects can undermine mitigation ambition and sustainable development. As the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change @esabcc.bsky.social we advise the EU on how to navigate CDR opportunities and risks. (1/n)

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Today, @esabcc.bsky.social published its new report ‘Scaling up carbon dioxide removals – Recommendations for navigating opportunities and risks in the #EU’. See all the recommendations and full report: climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/news/new-rep... #ClimateChange #CarbonRemoval #EUClimateAction

BREAKING: Greenpeace International files lawsuit against Energy Transfer in first use of EU anti-SLAPP Directive "For too long, powerful corporations have used abusive lawsuits to silence critics and drain civil society organizations of their resources." www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Greenpeace International files lawsuit against Energy Transfer in first use of EU anti-SLAPP Directive

Greenpeace International initiated the first test of the European Union’s anti-SLAPP Directive by filing a lawsuit today in Dutch court against US-based fossil fuel pipeline company…

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On 22 January 2025, the District Court of The Hague found the Netherlands in breach of the Habitats Directive and the Dutch nitrogen targets. LAURA HILDT on the Habitats Directive as a tool for systemic biodiversity litigation: verfassungsblog.de/the-habitats...

BREAKING We're challenging the @ec.europa.eu for sneakily making it harder for people to access documents. It's an unlawful move that goes against several court rulings on access to information. Today, we're fighting for everyone's right to have a say in decisions that affect us all. 🧵

🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)

🌳A Dutch court has ordered the government to cut nitrogen pollution in protected nature areas by 2030. Greenpeace Netherlands argued the government's failure to address critically high levels of nitrogen oxide pollution, mostly from farming and transport.

Dutch court orders government to cut nitrogen pollution by 2030

The ruling follows earlier verdicts that have highlighted the ineffectiveness of the government’s nitrogen-cutting policies.

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KlimaSeniorinnen update: things are heating up again. Last week, a group of NGOs (Greenpeace, Climate Litigation Network & 31 others) intervened in the Council of Europe's supervision of the execution of the judgment. Read their submission here: climatelitigationnetwork.org/wp-content/u...

The EU Commission must be ready to act. With @filippopfantozzi.bsky.social, we analyse the #FairerClimatePlans initiative led by 5 NGOs and the role of the Commission in ensuring the enforcement of its EU climate targets and policies. A must read!

GreenDeal-NET@greendealnet.eu · 2y ago

Civil society urges the EU Commission to tackle national failures in updated NECPs, spotlighting gaps in climate targets &participation Enforcement (incl legal action) is essential to meet 2030 goals Blog by @filippopfantozzi.bsky.social & @gaialisi.bsky.social 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/civil-societ...

Excited to join the panel discussion on challenging EU climate legislation alongside an incredible line-up of speakers! Info on how to attend in person below ⬇️

Amsterdam Law School@uvalawschool.bsky.social · 2y ago

The workshop 'How to Challenge Insufficient EU Climate Action Before the European Court of Justice?' brings together academics and practitioners to think about legal opportunity structures in #EULaw. Join us at the Amsterdam Law School on 13 December! @acelg-uva.bsky.social #Climate bit.ly/3ZoYhcv

Happy to present at tomorrow’s workshop on legal avenues to challenge EU countries’ #ClimatePlans - more info below 👇

European Environmental Bureau🍃@eeb.org · 2y ago

🚨 EU countries' #ClimatePlans are causing concern by missing the mark and excluding the public. 🧑‍💻 Join us this Friday for a deep dive with @caneurope.bsky.social & Climate Litigation Network to discuss #NECPs' governance, public participation and potential legal actions. 📝 Sign up ➡️ bit.ly/4glJFjZ