Legal Risks Seen Accelerating Climate Adaptation Plans August 1, 2025 By Aaron Clark and David Stringer Countries that fall short in efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C face growing legal risks that could push them...
Top UN Court Says Treaties Compel Wealthy Nations to Curb Global Warming July 24, 2025 By Stephanie van den Berg and Alison Withers The United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday told wealthy countries they must comply with their international commitments to curb pollution...
World Court Is Poised to Mark Future Course of Climate Litigation July 23, 2025 By Stephanie van den Berg The United Nations’ highest court will deliver an opinion on Wednesday that is likely to determine the course of future...
Italy’s Top Court Says Climate Case Against Eni Can Continue July 23, 2025 A climate change case against Italian energy group Eni can continue, the country’s top appeals court has ruled, in a...
German Court Throws Out Peruvian Farmer’s Climate Case Against RWE May 28, 2025 A German court on Wednesday threw out a Peruvian farmer’s lawsuit seeking damages from RWE for the German energy utility’s...
Peruvian Farmer Takes Germany’s RWE to Court in Landmark Climate Case March 17, 2025 By Riham Alkousaa A Peruvian farmer who says German energy giant RWE’s emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, increasing the...
Shell Settles Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Over Activists Boarding Oil Vessel December 11, 2024 British oil and gas major Shell on Tuesday settled a London lawsuit it brought against environmental group Greenpeace after activists...
Environmental Activist ClientEarth Sues Germany Over Pesticides Use September 23, 2024 Environmental activist charity ClientEarth launched a lawsuit against Germany on Friday to push Berlin to implement an EU law to...
Norway Seeks to End Climate Injunction Against 3 Oilfields September 4, 2024 By Nerijus Adomaitis Norway’s government will ask an appeals court on Wednesday to lift injunctions against developing three oil and gas fields, part...
Update: EU Faces 2 Lawsuits Over Emissions Rules, ‘Green’ Label for Planes August 27, 2024 By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court, seeking to force Brussels to upgrade its emissions rules for 2030...