Thread by @toniatigre

Did you see all the recent developments in #climatelitigation in @SabinCenter's global database? In case you missed them, here is a summary of what happened in the past 2 weeks:

🇩🇪 Lots of new cases in Germany:
First, two cases targeting auto companies.
The first one is against BMW:
👉 bit.ly/3vjbiUu

🇩🇪 The second one, against Mercedes-Benz:
👉 bit.ly/30l4iL8

I wrote a more detailed post about them and what that means in the broader scheme of global #climatelitigation:
👉 bit.ly/3p4mPWm

🇩🇪 Then a series of cases brought against state governments in Germany for the failure to adopt a climate law or the inadequacy for an existing climate law:
@Umwelthilfe vs state of Nordrhein-Westfalen (inadequacy)

👉 bit.ly/3FSOKyq

🇩🇪 Also against the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, a claim brought by youth plaintiffs:

👉 bit.ly/3p9Ygr8

🇩🇪 A youth claim against the state of Hesse (inadequacy of a bill under debate):

👉 bit.ly/3lHtROU

🇩🇪 A youth claim against the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (lack of a climate law):

👉 bit.ly/3n0NReP

🇩🇪 A youth claim against the state of Saarland (lack of a climate law):

👉 bit.ly/3BONHNU

🇩🇪 A youth claim against the state of Sachsen (lack of a climate law):

👉 bit.ly/3lJRIxx

🇩🇪 A youth claim against the state of Sachsen-Anhalt (lack of a climate law):

👉 bit.ly/3FSgu6D

🇩🇪 A youth claim against the state of Brandenburg (lack of a climate law):

👉 bit.ly/3p9ZUsO

🇩🇪 And three cases against the state of Bayern:

A constitutional claim:
👉 bit.ly/2XgmkNv

🇩🇪 A subsidiary claim against the state of Bayern:

👉 bit.ly/3lGeiXI

🇩🇪 And a final claim brought by @Umwelthilfe against the state of Bayern:

👉 bit.ly/3veuoen

🇫🇷 A big decision in the #AffaireDuSiecle case calling on the government to comply with its emission reduction targets and repair the damages of its inaction: @NotreAffaire

👉 bit.ly/3AKDXTe

And finally, a decision by the @UNChildRights1 on the children's climate case determining the extraterritorial responsibilities of states related to carbon pollution (despite dismissing the case for lack of admissibility):

👉 bit.ly/3AKnu1z

I wrote a more detailed note about the CRC's decision:

👉 bit.ly/2YTsgwd

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