Blog post. European Climate Litigation: A Tale of Two Courts

Jacques Hartmann

Blog post. European Climate Litigation: A Tale of Two Courts

Jacques Hartmann (Blog post author)

Dundee Law School

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Abstract

Climate litigation occurs against a backdrop of climate crisis and government inaction. As this GNHRE blog post series explains, communities are increasingly turning to the courts as a last resort to compel high-emitting countries to ramp up their mitigation ambition. Following the landmark Urgenda case in the Netherlands, these ‘systemic mitigation’ lawsuits – which seek to compel a State to increase its overall mitigation efforts – have spread to every corner of the world.

Original language	English
Type	Blog post by Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment
Media of output	Online blog text
Publisher	Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2022

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

climate change
human right
European Convention on Human Rights
European Convention, Article 8
European Convention, Article 2
European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Justice

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Blog post. European Climate Litigation: A Tale of Two Courts

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