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Beyond Urgenda: The role of the ECHR and judgments of the ECtHR in Dutch environmental and climate litigation
Urgenda case affects private companies
The Bonaire Climate Case: State Mitigation Obligations after KlimaSeniorinnen
People Have A Fundamental Right To Be Protected From Climate Change, A Landmark Court Ruling Says
Urgenda Climate Change Judgment Survives Appeal in the Netherlands
Dutch supreme court upholds landmark ruling demanding climate action
Netherlands Must Prevent Dangerous Climate Change, Dutch Top Court Rules
Urgenda v State of the Netherlands: Lessons for international law and climate change litigants
Think we can’t win on climate change? This victory by Dutch citizens will change your mind
In 2015, Dutch environmental group, Urgenda Foundation sued the state of Netherlands in a world-first victory of citizens holding their government accountable...
Beyond Urgenda: The role of the ECHR and judgments of the ECtHR in Dutch environmental and climate litigation
This article examines how and when courts have relied on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and case law of the European Court of Human Rights (...
Urgenda case affects private companies
The judgment in the Shell case suggests that companies should comply with the targets in the Paris Climate Agreement. The case possibly sets...
The Bonaire Climate Case: State Mitigation Obligations after KlimaSeniorinnen
Once again, all eyes were on The Hague. After groundbreaking rulings in the Urgenda and Shell cases, the District Court in The Hague on 28...
People Have A Fundamental Right To Be Protected From Climate Change, A Landmark Court Ruling Says
The Dutch Supreme Court's decision could have huge repercussions for how other countries tackle rising emissions.
Urgenda Climate Change Judgment Survives Appeal in the Netherlands
The lower court decided that the Dutch State acted negligently and therefore unlawfully towards the environmental NGO Urgenda.
Dutch supreme court upholds landmark ruling demanding climate action
The Netherlands' supreme court has upheld a ruling ordering the country's government to do much more to cut carbon emissions, after a six-year fight for...
Netherlands Must Prevent Dangerous Climate Change, Dutch Top Court Rules
The Dutch highest court upheld the previous decisions in the 'Urgenda Climate Case,' a lawsuit originally brought by a Dutch environmental...
Urgenda v State of the Netherlands: Lessons for international law and climate change litigants
In advance of the final judgement in the landmark Urgenda v. State of the Netherlands climate litigation case, this commentary shines the...
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Dutch non-profit foundation that brought the landmark climate lawsuit Urgenda v. State, pushing for stronger national climate action.