EU climate law voted through European Parliament:
- a 2040 net emissions reduction target of 90% for the EU, compared to 1990
- From 2036, five percentage points of emissions reductions can come via international carbon credits
Member States now need to rubber stamp it (they’ve agreed in principle)
German administrative court orders government to strengthen climate plans:
their 2023 plans are insufficient to reach their targets.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/umwelthilfe-klimaklage-regierung-100.html
Climate and Law:
Dutch court judges that the Netherlands needs to step up it’s climate adaptation efforts for Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire.
Not doing so is discriminatory towards inhabitants of the Kingdom.
NL also needs to get cracking on climate neutrality by 2050, but we knew NL judges’ views on that already.
#Nederland #Politiek #Bonaire #Caribbean #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateLaw #Law #Netherlands #Europe
Government defends constitutionality of German climate policy
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/government-defends-constitutionality-german-climate-policy #climatechange #climatelitigation #climatelaw
Lawsuits arising from climate-related disasters in the US are emerging as a rising cost for insurers and policyholders.
The number has more than doubled over the last decade
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/7232e3d9-6552-4016-894e-bf6860f079d4
#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Insurance #Finance #Law #ClimateLaw
Citizens sue Japanese Government for “unconstitutional” lack of climate action.

Hundreds of people across Japan sued the central government Thursday seeking damages for "unconstitutional" inaction on climate change, the country's first such litigation. The landmark lawsuit criticizes Japan's "grossly inadequate" fight against the climate crisis, saying it jeopardizes the health and livelihoods of the approximately 450 plaintiffs. "We just submitted…