Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bucha today. His face says it all.

Ukrainian mothers are writing their family contacts on the bodies of their children in case they get killed and the child survives. And Europe is still discussing gas.

The case, West Virginia v. EPA, is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by Republican attorneys general, conservative to use the judicial system to rewrite environmental law, weakening the executive branch’s ability to tackle global warming. nytimes.com/2022/06/19/cli…

Another novel climate litigation case, this time fronted by a 20-week-old foetus. The lawsuit argues South Korea is breaching the rights of future generations by not doing enough to cut national emissions theguardian.com/world/2022/jun…

Great webinar on the climate case against Total in France, organized by @IvanoAlogna from BIICL. Many thanks to Prof Hautereau-Boutonnet, Prof Spier & Joana Setzer, Grantham LSE, for their insightful presentations and to S Tromans QC, 39 Essex Chambers, for moderating the panel

US supreme court hobbles government power to limit harmful emissions theguardian.com/us-news/2022/j… Another disappointing news from the US highest court

Fantastic news from Brazil where the Supreme Court has ruled that the government's failure to spend money allocated to a legislated Climate Fund violates the constitutionally protected right to a healthy environment (Art. 225).

#Climate change litigation is growing in importance year on year. In 2022, the #IPCC recognized the role of litigation in affecting “the outcome and ambition of climate governance”. This ⬇️ annual report shows global trends in climate change litigation from May 2021-May 2022

Timing perfectly aligned with the judgment's relevance. Historic High Court ruling finds UK Government’s climate strategy ‘unlawful’. The legal challenges were brought by ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth, Good Law Project & environmental campaigner Jo Wheatley clientearth.org/latest/press-o…

There are studies that simply melt your heart ❤️ nytimes.com/2022/07/24/sci…

The death toll in Pakistan continues to mount, passing 1,000 as of this morning. 33 million people have been displaced. More than 500,000 homes destroyed. Climate chaos isn't some future possibility, it is happening right now. theguardian.com/world/2022/aug…

Stay strong, Ukraine! Слава Україні!

Will France follow in the footsteps of the Netherlands and become yet another plaintiff-friendly jurisdiction in climate change litigation? TotalEnergies is sued in France for inadequately fighting climate change reuters.com/markets/commod…

No words needed

6 institutional investors (all pension funds) filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen. The carmaker refused to give information about its lobbying activities related to climate change. reuters.com/business/autos…

N'hésitez pas à vous inscrire au séminaire doctoral organisé par @DrifHana et moi-même sur la crise climatique au prisme de la recherche doctorale en droit, avec les présentations de Audrey Boussat, Loïc Pillard, Cyprien Fluzin, Quentin Markarian, and Rahel Zimmermann.

Zapraszam serdecznie do udziału w konferencji akademickiej dot. sporów sądowych o klimat w Polsce! Data: 22 maja 2024 Godzina: 13h-14h Zapisy na: [email protected] Forma: online Więcej informacji: climatelitigation.wordpress.com/2024/05/08/spo… #KonferencjaAkademicka #SporaSądowe #Klimat BIICL