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in the Courtrooms 
: overview of dvpmnts this week to draw inspiration from bold legal challenges and key #ClimateLitigation wins in broad range of countries
(followed by suggestions regarding accounts to follow for more updates)...
in THREAD below
in the Courtrooms : overview of dvpmnts this week to draw inspiration from bold legal challenges and key #ClimateLitigation wins in broad range of countries(followed by suggestions regarding accounts to follow for more updates)...
in THREAD below
1/ 
France: 
breakthrough for #ClimateLitigation with today’s decision of Supreme Court of Administrative Justice recognizing legal bindingness of climate targets (and associated trajectory)& role of judges in monitoring climate policies. #GrandeSynthe https://notreaffaireatous.org/cp-decision-du-conseil-detat-sur-le-recours-de-grande-synthe-une-avancee-historique-pour-le-climat-et-pour-la-suite-de-laffaire-du-siecle/
France: breakthrough for #ClimateLitigation with today’s decision of Supreme Court of Administrative Justice recognizing legal bindingness of climate targets (and associated trajectory)& role of judges in monitoring climate policies. #GrandeSynthe https://notreaffaireatous.org/cp-decision-du-conseil-detat-sur-le-recours-de-grande-synthe-une-avancee-historique-pour-le-climat-et-pour-la-suite-de-laffaire-du-siecle/
2/ 
Netherlands: promising challenge by @GreenpeaceNL vs massive COVID handout by Dutch government to @AirFranceKLM, denouncing lax environmental condition & missed opportunity to compel airline to cut emissions in line with science-based targets 
https://www.reuters.com/article/air-france-klm-netherlands-greenpeace/greenpeace-asks-dutch-court-to-halt-state-aid-for-airline-klm-idUSL1N2I40SH
Netherlands: promising challenge by @GreenpeaceNL vs massive COVID handout by Dutch government to @AirFranceKLM, denouncing lax environmental condition & missed opportunity to compel airline to cut emissions in line with science-based targets https://www.reuters.com/article/air-france-klm-netherlands-greenpeace/greenpeace-asks-dutch-court-to-halt-state-aid-for-airline-klm-idUSL1N2I40SH
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Sri-Lanka: Court rules in favour of Center for Environmental Justice (CEJ) in deforestation case, ordering former minister to fund reforestation of natural reserve citing constitutional right 2 healthy environmnt & international environmental law 
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_20B/Nov16_1605512766CH.php
Sri-Lanka: Court rules in favour of Center for Environmental Justice (CEJ) in deforestation case, ordering former minister to fund reforestation of natural reserve citing constitutional right 2 healthy environmnt & international environmental law http://www.colombopage.com/archive_20B/Nov16_1605512766CH.php
4/ 
EU: Ombudswoman issues final decision recognizing EU Commission’s failure to conduct climate impact assessment of “Projects of Common Interest (PCI)” recognizing that natural gas cannot be considered as a low-carbon solution by default 
@FoodAndWater https://www.foodandwatereurope.org/pressreleases/eu-ombudswoman-acknowledges-commissions-climate-failures/
EU: Ombudswoman issues final decision recognizing EU Commission’s failure to conduct climate impact assessment of “Projects of Common Interest (PCI)” recognizing that natural gas cannot be considered as a low-carbon solution by default @FoodAndWater https://www.foodandwatereurope.org/pressreleases/eu-ombudswoman-acknowledges-commissions-climate-failures/
5/ 
US: new legal challenge against #KeystoneXL Pipeline led by Tribes in Montana & South Dakota arguing that federal government failed to assess alternative routes that would reduce risks for water resources and lands held in trust by the Tribes https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/tribes-sue-interior-for-approving-keystone-xl-pipeline-route
US: new legal challenge against #KeystoneXL Pipeline led by Tribes in Montana & South Dakota arguing that federal government failed to assess alternative routes that would reduce risks for water resources and lands held in trust by the Tribes https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/tribes-sue-interior-for-approving-keystone-xl-pipeline-route
6/ US: Coalition of conservation groups sue US federal agencies to halt a ConocoPhillips oil project approved in October in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska – arguing that adverse impacts on the unique fauna incl. polar bears, birdlife and caribous
https://www.oilandgas360.com/conservation-groups-sue-us-to-halt-a-conocophillips-oil-project-in-alaska/
https://www.oilandgas360.com/conservation-groups-sue-us-to-halt-a-conocophillips-oil-project-in-alaska/
7/ UK: High Court heard case this week seeking to quash permit for oil drilling as environmental impact assessment failed to consider downstream climate impacts 
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/environmentalists-await-judgement-unlawful-horse-19305980
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/environmentalists-await-judgement-unlawful-horse-19305980
8/ 
(fictional) Germany: Angela Merkel appears in front of International Court of Justice for ecocide crimes as 31 vulnerable countries denounced harms resulting from Germany’s weak environmental policy… for now, only an awareness raising fiction… https://www.dw.com/en/could-germany-be-charged-with-ecocide/a-55585186
(fictional) Germany: Angela Merkel appears in front of International Court of Justice for ecocide crimes as 31 vulnerable countries denounced harms resulting from Germany’s weak environmental policy… for now, only an awareness raising fiction… https://www.dw.com/en/could-germany-be-charged-with-ecocide/a-55585186
9/ 
Anything else inspiring? Don’t hesitate to point those out!
I will try to provide weekly updates but for more frequent overviews, here are some key account that you should definitely follow
@Dana_Drugmand @SamVarvastian @JoanaSetzer @ColumbiaClimate @CJ_Greenpeace
Anything else inspiring? Don’t hesitate to point those out! I will try to provide weekly updates but for more frequent overviews, here are some key account that you should definitely follow
@Dana_Drugmand @SamVarvastian @JoanaSetzer @ColumbiaClimate @CJ_Greenpeace
