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The ‘Year of Climate’ in International Courts

Legal Planet

This year promises to be the ‘Year of Climate’ in international courts and tribunals with opinions slated to be coming down from the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and the International Court of Justice.

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30 Years of U.S. Climate Policy

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remains a party to the UNFCCC , helped broker the Paris Agreement, and is till a party to that agreement today. 2011 Supreme Court decides AEP case, barring lawsuits against carbon emitters using the federal common law of nuisance. 2015 Paris Agreement adopted with strong U.S. 2020 U.S.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The most emblematic decision came from the Federal Supreme Court, the highest Court in the Brazilian legal system, which ruled in July 2022 that the Paris Agreement is a human rights treaty. The Brazilian court became the world’s first to give this status to the Paris Agreement, setting an important precedent for Brazil and the world.

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Guest Contributor Sharaban Tahura Zaman: COP26 outcome on Carbon Markets: Takeaways for the Global South

Legal Planet

After an unsuccessful COP in Madrid (2019), as a Bangladeshi citizen (a country often referred to as “ground zero” for its climate vulnerability) I had to wait another two years to renegotiate issues that were blocked and left unresolved at COP25. Student at Berkeley Law. Sharaban Tahura Zaman is a J.S.D Download as PDF.

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The First French Climate Litigation Ruling - Commune de Grande Synthe

Energy and Climate Law

By Dr Romain Mauger, Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) On 19 November 2020, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) issued a historic ruling in the Commune de Grande Synthe case , potentially the first step towards a landmark climate litigation outcome in France.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

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. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. FEATURED CASE. BP p.l.c. ,

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

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Sounding Green” has not only become politically correct, but also a possible finance-generating mechanism. Climate is a global issue and when complex political systems around the world are brought together, solutions cannot be straightforward. ” Journal of banking & finance 98 (2019): 39-60. Zerbib, Olivier David.