🚨 A new #climatecase against Shell has been launched by Milieudefensie: they are asking the court to put a stop to Shell’s new oil and gas expansion.
700 new oil and gas fields are planned on Shell’s agenda worldwide that would only increase Shell’s emissions 👇
https://en.milieudefensie.nl/news/milieudefensie-launches-new-climate-case-against-shell
Eight plaintiffs from the Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire together with Greenpeace Netherlands have provided new evidence to the Court for their climate case against the Dutch State.
Details on https://act.gp/3ESeDCu
People in Bonaire are not sufficiently protected in the climate crisis, and the Netherlands' CO2 emissions must and can be reduced faster, to prevent the worst climate disasters.
8 plaintiffs from the Dutch-Caribbean island Bonaire and Greenpeace Netherlands take the Dutch State to Court for the lack of protection and climate action. The Dutch State must protect all its citizens and amp up climate action!
Good Climate News! Advocates celebrated Monday after a Boulder, Colorado judge rejected attempts by ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy subsidiaries to dismiss a landmark lawsuit that seeks damages for the harms the fossil fuel companies have inflicted on the climate and local communities.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/colorado-climate-lawsuit
We're pleased to offer a teaching guide for Youth v Gov, the documentary about the Juliana v. United States lawsuit, in which 21 young people are similarly suing the US Federal government over climate change. These resources are great classroom tools for putting climate litigation news into context.
Get your free guide from our library: https://journeysinfilm.org/product/youth-v-gov/
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Hi, you remember us from that case against #SHELL [JdeB was one of the complainants]
A better environment starts with #BigPolluters! That is why #Milieudefensie is preparing a new #ClimateCase against a polluting company in the Netherlands. Do you help with a donation?
[If you donate big enough you'll get a wild T-shirt]
You can donate via: https://bit.ly/Klimaatzaak_vervuilers
Een beter milieu begint bij de grote vervuilers van Nederland. Daarom vroegen wij 30 grote bedrijven om hun klimaatplannen. Sommige bedrijven doen hun best. Maar de rest blijft doorgaan met vervuilen. We bereiden ons voor op een nieuwe Klimaatzaak tegen een Nederlandse bank, verzekeraar of pensioenfonds. Help je mee?
"The case - filed in September 2020 against the 27 #EU member states as well as #Britain, #Switzerland, #Norway, #Russia and #Turkey - is the largest #ClimateCase ever to be heard by the European Court of Human Rights (#ECHR) in Strasbourg.
Backed by the British-based Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), the Portuguese applicants, aged between 11 and 24, want a legally-binding decision that would force states to act."
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/youth-vs-europe-unprecedented-climate-trial-kick-off-rights-court-2023-09-27/
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Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves took 32 European governments to court on Wednesday, arguing their failure to act fast enough on climate change is a violation of their human rights.
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