giustizia climatica

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. April 2024 marked a potentially momentous turning point for climate lawsuits:for the first time a transnational court specializing in human rights explicitly supported the right to climate protection.The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of the request presented by KlimaSeniorinnen, a group of Swiss women over 64 who had brought a lawsuit against the Swiss government for its climate policies deemed ineffective.On the same day, the ECHR rejected two other similar requests. There victory of KlimaSeniorinnen could set a precedent:from now on citizens, associations or informal groups know that they can turn to the ECHR to ask for an account of state climate policies.It is now clear that the courts are becoming yet another battlefront on climate change.The number of climate litigation is constantly increasing:Legal actions against governments, institutions and b...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. While world leaders were gathered for the United Nations General Assembly and the subsequent “climate ambition summit”, over 70 thousand climate activists they filled the streets of New York on Sunday 17 September, to ask the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to stop the approval of new fossil fuel projects.The demonstration was supported by more than 700 global climate organizations who participated in protests in numerous other countries. “Thousands of people around the world are returning to the streets to demand that we stop what is killing us.We need to think about who will be living on our planet in 30, 40, 50 years.And negative responses are not contemplated,” he said Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the rally. Among the participants was 8-year-old Athena Wilson of Boca Raton, Florida.She and her mother Maleah flew from Florida to New York.We...

For the first time in history, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned a nation for failing to meet climate obligations.We are talking about Switzerland, which was notably condemned after an association made up of over 2,000 elderly women sued it for climate inaction.The ECHR, more specifically, condemned the Swiss State for violating Article 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights, i.e. the right to respect for private and family life, since it did not adopt adequate measures to mitigate the effects of climate change.A judgment which, by linking the protection of human rights to compliance with climate obligations, she is destined to do law.The ruling is, among other things, binding and has the potential to influence the law in the 46 countries of the Council of Europe, i.e. all those belonging to the European human rights jurisdiction.On the same day, the ECHR also expressed its opinion on two other climate justice cases, however, both of which...

The first hearing was held on the morning of February 16th climatic cause brought against the Italian fossil multinational ENI, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Ministry of Economy and Finance.The accusations were made last May by 12 citizens and by the organizations Greenpeace Italia and ReCommon.The six-legged dog, in particular, was taken to court for "the damage caused and future damage resulting from climate change, to which he has contributed with his conduct in recent decades, continuing to invest in fossil fuels".The objective of the organizations is to force ENI to undergo a profound review of its industrial strategy with the aim of reducing emissions deriving from its activities. by at least 45% by 2030 and compared to 2020 levels.Furthermore, environmentalists demand that the Ministry of Economy and Finance "be obliged to adopt a climate policy that guides its participation in society in line with the Paris Agreement".The associations are confident that the...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Do citizens have the right to a healthy environment?In Montana yes, by Constitution.THE'article II of the State Constitution in fact it reads:“The State and every person must maintain and enhance a clean and healthy environment in Montana for present and future generations.” Sixteen young people, aged 5 to 23, supported Our Children's Trust, a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Eugene, Oregon, relied on this article to sue the state for putting the interests of the fossil fuel industry before it and violating constitutional law to a “clean and healthy environment”.If they win, the case could become a precedent in other states where similar lawsuits have been filed. The case “Held vs.Montana” is named after Rikki Held, the daughter of a farmer who saw her family's livestock killed due to drought and floods.Rikki was the only adult when...