SGEL roundtable on Milieudefensie v Shell (27.5.2021) and the German Constitutional Court’s Klimaschutzgesetz decision (29.4.2021).

With their Klimaschutzgesetz and Shell decision of April-May 2021, the German constitutional court and the District Court of The Hague have given new traction to the European wave of climate change litigation. At first sight, both decisions establish a clear link between human rights and the transition to zero net emissions (compared to pre-industrial times) that climate science suggests must be completed by 2050 in order to keep the most disruptive consequences of climate change at bay.

A human right to a (somewhat) stable climate?

The Place of Expertise in EU Policymaking, 8 March

Keynote presentation from Professor Päivi Leino-Sandberg, Professor of Transnational European Law, University of Helsinki. 

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European & International Law