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Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Success for Czech Climate Litigation

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Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Success for Czech Climate Litigation. On June 15, 2022, the Prague Municipal Court, a first instance administrative court, decided in favor of the plaintiffs in the first Czech strategic climate case ( Klimatická žaloba ?R 2022 Prague Municipal Court Decision. Eva Balounová *.

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Guest Commentary: A new frontier in (Dutch) climate litigation: Greenwashing advertisements on CO2 compensation

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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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25th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (2023)

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The study examines European court decisions, domestic legislation, and international projects aimed at stabilizing the legal status of such children. It suggests that Japan might consider recognizing parentage through foreign decisions.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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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. Pritzker , Nos.

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Are Collective Net Zero Targets Anticompetitive?

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The banks pledge to develop interim 2030 GHG reduction targets as well. Constitutional protections extend to litigation efforts by trade groups as well, though antitrust agencies are alert to litigation efforts that are designed to harass or coerce simply through the filing of the suit (and lobbying is also regulated by other federal laws).

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Guest Commentary: Indonesian Human Rights Commission’s first human rights complaint on the impacts of climate change

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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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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. The federal district court for the District of Montana is to consider these issues on remand. and non-U.S. 20-35412 (9th Cir.