On 9 April 2024, the European Court of Human Rights ('ECHR') handed down rulings in three important matters concerning the human rights impacts of climate change. These rulings highlight the ECHR's stance on the human rights implications of national climate policies.
Read MoreECoCeQ v Minister for the Environment and Water (No 2) [2023] FCA 1208
The Federal Court dismissed two judicial review proceedings brought by the by the Environment Council of Central Queensland (‘ECoCeQ’) regarding the climate change effects of scope 3 coal mining emissions to Matters of National Environmental Significance under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (‘the Act’).
Read MoreCommission on Human Rights of the Philippines, National Inquiry on Climate Change (2022)
On 6 May 2022, the Philippines Commission on Human Rights (Commission) released its findings from its inquiry into the world’s largest producers of crude oil, natural gas, coal and cement (Carbon Majors). The Commission released a report which established that corporations can be held responsible for the human rights violations that result from climate change.
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