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Guest Commentary: An Unexpected Success for Czech Climate Litigation

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Moreover, with this strategic litigation, the Czech Republic joins the list of countries where citizens are challenging governments’ overall responses to climate change. In April 2021, a group of Czech citizens filed a case against the national government for its inaction on climate change. On the claim against the government.

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Navigating the Intersection of Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Exploring the ITLOS Advisory Opinion’s Substantive Content

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Consequently, the response to this advisory opinion request should consider the climate change regime set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement (Paris Agreement) concerning the ocean. 12 of the Paris Agreement , among others.

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Guest commentary: A ground-breaking judgment in Germany

Law Columbia

On April 29, 2021 the German Constitutional Court (the Bundesverfassungsgericht, or GCC) rendered a ground-breaking judgment, requiring the German government to establish specific plans to achieve its mid-century greenhouse gas emissions goal. (An By Jaap Spier [1]. An English press release is available here. threshold must not be passed.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

On October 1, 2019, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied fossil fuel companies’ motion for a stay pending their appeal of the district court order remanding Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the companies to state court. Pursuant to a consent order, the remand order will not be entered until October 10, 2019.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Divided Ninth Circuit Said Juliana Plaintiffs Lacked Standing to Press Constitutional Climate Claims Against Federal Government. Federal Court Denied Motions to Dismiss Challenges to 2019 Presidential Permit for Keystone XL. 1:19-cv-03018 (D.D.C.). Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. C076888 (Cal.

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