Climate Litigation
First newsletter for strategic climate litigation
The first newsletter for the project has been published today and includes all our research news, upcoming events and an introduction to the project and team.
Ellysia van der Werf
Lawyering for change – but what change exactly?
Workshop – Assessing the potential and pitfalls of strategic litigation in EU law. 27 February 2025 The Court of Justice of the EU has for a long time remained off the radar of actors pursuing strategic litigation. Over the past…
“It’s the democracy, stupid!” in defence of KlimaSeniorinnen
ERA Forum, February 2025 Professor Christina Eckes latest article highlights that in the KlimaSeniorinnen case, the European Court of Human Rights gave a ruling that strengthens the ability of democracies in Europe to address the climate crisis. On several key…
Law and/in the Anthropocene
2nd conference of the Swiss Network for Law & Society The conference is at the University of Bern, from Monday 10th to Wednesday 12th February 2025 and will provide an opportunity to explore the trajectories of legal developments and responses…
Rechter bepaalt of bank nog profiteert van klimaatcrisis
(Judge decides whether bank still profits from climate crisis) In January 2025, Milieudefensie adjusted its demands in the climate lawsuit against ING. In an opinion piece in Het Financieele Dagblad, Christina Eckes and Philip Paiement explain how these updated demands…
Strategic Climate Litigation before National Courts: Can European Union Law be used as a Shield?
German Law Journal, January 2025 As part of a special issue on strategic litigation, Professor Christina Eckes contributed an article on strategic climate litigation. Many strategic climate litigation cases are brought to national courts. However, national courts are letting states…
Climate Democracy: The Role of Independent Advisory Bodies & Courts in the EU
One of the members of our advisory board, Dr Joana Setzer, has organised together with her co-PI Professor Annalisa Savaresi, the Strengthening Democratic Governance for Climate Transitions (RETOOL) workshop on Climate Democracy: The Role of Independent Advisory Bodies and Courts…
Strengthening democracy beyond majoritarianism
The European Court of Human Rights ruling in KlimaSeniorinnen Ars Aequi, January 2025 In this article for Ars Aequi, Professor Christina Eckes argues that the ECtHR did not go too far in the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment and even contributes to the…
When is a company responsible for damage caused by consumers with their product?
Professor Christina Eckes was asked this question for an article in the Dutch newspaper, NRC, published on 6 December and written by the journalist, Laura Bergshoef. ”What is the similarity between a Bushmaster AR-15 firearm and Euro95 fuel? Answer: with…
Advances in Climate Litigation
On 11 December, Professor Christina Eckes gave a presentation to The Institute for Environmental Futures as part of their seminar series on Climate Change, Energy Transition and Sustainability. She was asked to speak about Advances in Climate Litigation and Christina…