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Court Advances Pari Islanders’ Climate Case Against Holcim In Switzerland

Court Advances Pari Islanders’ Climate Case Against Holcim In Switzerland

A Swiss court has decided to allow a climate lawsuit brought by four Indonesian islanders against the cement giant Holcim to move forward and be examined on the merits. The decision rejecting the company’s initial procedural arguments means that the plaintiffs are a significant step closer in their pursuit

Belgian Farmer Faces Off In Court Against French Oil Major

Belgian Farmer Faces Off In Court Against French Oil Major

A first-of-its-kind climate lawsuit in Belgium, featuring a smallholder farmer going up against one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, is coming before a court today in proceedings that will scrutinize the company’s role in contributing to the climate crisis. Lawyers representing farmer Hugues Falys

TotalEnergies Misled Consumers, Court Rules In Historic Greenwashing Judgment

TotalEnergies Misled Consumers, Court Rules In Historic Greenwashing Judgment

A French court has handed down a landmark ruling finding that the French oil major TotalEnergies misled consumers regarding its climate commitments. The company’s public-facing statements claiming to be a “major player in the energy transition” and to be striving to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 created a misleading

German Court Ends Landmark Climate Case Brought By Peruvian Farmer, But Affirms Liability Potential For Major CO2 Emitters

German Court Ends Landmark Climate Case Brought By Peruvian Farmer, But Affirms Liability Potential For Major CO2 Emitters

A German court today has issued what climate advocates say is a groundbreaking and historic ruling in a pioneering climate damages lawsuit against German energy company RWE, affirming that major carbon-emitting corporations could be held liable for their contributions to increasingly severe climate change risks and harms. Although the lawsuit

Youth Continue Climate Court Battles Against Governments

Youth Continue Climate Court Battles Against Governments

Young climate activists in Europe and the United States who have faced setbacks in their lawsuits challenging government climate policies are continuing to turn to courts in renewed attempts at accountability, filing fresh cases and appeals as they seek to hold governments accountable for exacerbating the climate emergency. In Sweden,

Dutch Climate Campaigners Sue The Netherlands’s Largest Bank

Dutch Climate Campaigners Sue The Netherlands’s Largest Bank

The Dutch environmental NGO Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) formally filed a lawsuit today against ING, the largest bank in the Netherlands, challenging the bank’s climate policies. The lawsuit seeks to compel ING to align its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. By taking

Sweden's Supreme Court Quashes Youth Climate Suit

Sweden's Supreme Court Quashes Youth Climate Suit

A climate lawsuit brought by youth activists in Sweden against their national government will not move forward, after Sweden’s Supreme Court ruled that the case is inadmissible. On February 19, the Swedish Supreme Court ruled that the young people’s case challenging the adequacy of Sweden’s climate policies

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