Thread by @toniatigre

Did you follow all of the new cases added to the @SabinCenter climate litigation database? Check this thread to see if you missed any development in global #climatelitigation? 🧵

Starting with the cases recently added to our database:

An ICSID tribunal found Colombia 🇨🇴 breached an FTA due to its protection of the páramos ecosystem - essential in carbon sequestration.

👉 bit.ly/3B17bOA

🇧🇷 Brazilian court in Rio Grande do Sul finds that thermal power stations are required to assess potential climate damage in EIAs.

👉 bit.ly/3zTmYxI

@GreenpeaceUK challenges the permit of an offshore oil field in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for improper assessment of climate impacts. A decision is pending after a hearing earlier this month.

👉 bit.ly/3F0cHDz

A few developments in Australia 🇦🇺:

A new case from @EnviroVic questions the permits of 3 coal-burning power stations which lacked stringent limits on GHG emissions.

👉 bit.ly/2XTOq13

🇦🇺 Shareholders in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia seek documents related to investment on projects that may not be in line with the goals of the #ParisAgreement. @dbarnden

👉 bit.ly/2Yf6EdM

🇦🇺 Legal challenge against a new tax posed on electric vehicle drivers. @dbarnden

bit.ly/2WoHV5X

🇦🇺 Student files complaint against @HSBC for #greenwashing related to Great Barrier Reef ad.

👉 bit.ly/3a4ijPf

Moving on to updates to cases that were already in our database:

Amicus briefs filed by @ICJ_org @ICJ_CIS and @ennhri in the Swiss Seniors case.

👉 bit.ly/2ZCRnE1

🇦🇺 KEPCO's appeal was dismissed in the denial of their application for the Bylong Valley coal mine.

👉 bit.ly/3CZvT2u

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