JURIST
MAY 3, 2024
The UK High Court ruled Friday that the Government’s climate strategy is inadequate and therefore violates the UK Climate Change Act 2008. The ruling comes nearly two years after a previous High Court judgment ordered the Government to strengthen its net zero strategy to bring it in line with the Climate Change Act.
JURIST
APRIL 30, 2021
The court agreed with the plaintiffs and stated that the obligations the Federal Climate Change Act creates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 is insufficient. The provisions also neglect to create emissions reduction responsibilities after 2030.
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JURIST
JUNE 20, 2021
Some of the recommendations from Klimaatzaak are to impose concrete reduction targets, such as 50 percent by 2030. Belgium’s Federal Climate Minister Zakia Khattabi acknowledged the decision, but she stated that the decision does not amount to any legal or financial reprimands for the government.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
In this case, environmental and human rights organizations, including Greenpeace and Oxfam (“the plaintiffs”), had taken legal action against the Government of Spain, alleging inadequate action on climate change. Under Annex 1 of the EU Regulation, by 2030, Spain must have reduced its GHG emissions by 37.7% compared to 2005.
JURIST
MARCH 5, 2021
A European Union court ruled Thursday that the UK was in breach of the bloc’s air pollution limit by failing to fulfil its obligations under the combined provisions of Article 13(1) and of Annex XI to Directive No 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.
JURIST
JUNE 17, 2021
In 2018, the Oslo District Court held that Article 112 only applies to local environmental harm and greenhouse gas emissions in Norway, but not to emissions from combustion that occurs abroad. In May, a Hague court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its carbon emissions 45 percent by 2030. The case was then dismissed on appeal.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The program is intended to ensure compliance with the annual emission targets for the building and transportation sectors for the years 2024 to 2030. Unlike in the 2021 landmark ruling in Neubauer et al. On the merits as well, the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs.
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