Archivio Mensile: Ottobre 2019

Founded in 1683, Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and a strong international focus. The company’s head office is in Leiden, (The Netherlands) with offices in Boston (USA), Paderborn (GER), Singapore (SG) and Beijing (CN). Brill was listed at the Amsterdam Stock exchange in 1896. Brill shares have been publicly traded since 1997. Summarized...

Davanti alla Corte di Giustizia della UE è stata promossa e dichiarata ammissibile la prima causa climatica dei cittadini di diversi paesi nei confronti della UE. I ricorrenti sono famiglie con loro figli, che rivendicano il pieno riconoscimento del diritto umano al clima e dei diritti delle generazioni future. I ricorrenti ritengono che la riduzione delle emissioni...

La decisione “Cordella e altri c. Italia” della Corte europea per i diritti umani (riguardante il “caso Ilva” di Taranto), resa pubblica oggi, è significativa anche sul fronte delle “azioni climatiche”, se letta in collegamento con le “Litigation Strategies” avviate in diversi Stati europei (a partire dal caso “Urgenda” in Olanda), per almento tre ragioni: a) conferma...

Climate Liability News is a not-for-profit news site dedicated to reporting on the issues at the intersection of climate change impacts and law. Those issues include government and corporate responsibility and accountability for global warming and its consequences across society and around the world. Through hard-nosed, uncompromising journalism, we seek to advance a greater understanding and wider...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Climate justice is a growing global movement based on the belief that people have a right to a stable climate and deserve protection from the dangers of hazardous climate change. Link: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/publication/19818/holding-your-government-accountable-for-climate-change-a-peoples-guide/

The KlimaSeniorinnen filed a legal request with the authorities, claiming that the Swiss authorities are failing to fulfil their duty to protect them as required by the Swiss Constitution and by the European Convention on Human Rights. This article provides a detailed analysis of the KlimaSeniorinnen case within the context of climate litigation worldwide. Link: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/jhre/9-2/jhre.2018.02.04.xml

Launched in 2008 by Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, the Global Justice Program unites an interdisciplinary group of scholars with the aim of taking morality seriously in shaping foreign policy and in negotiating transnational institutional arrangements. The program has a special interest in the evolution of severe poverty and its relationship with public...

Following the success in the Urgenda Climate Case, citizens around the world are taking their governments to court over their insufficient climate policies. Urgenda also initiated the Climate Litigation Network to support climate cases worldwide. Link: https://www.urgenda.nl/en/themas/climate-case/global-climate-litigation/