Recent developments in Climate Change Litigation
Webinar Recording
Slides
Date and Time
Thursday 11 July 2024, 11am - 12.15pm
The Event
The webinar will looked at domestic, European and international developments in climate change litigation:
Robert Spano – Partner at Gibson Dunn and Former President of the European Court of Human Rights – talked about the European Court of Human Rights’ decision in Verein Klimaseniorinnen Schweiz and Others v Switzerland, Carême v France, and Duarte Agostinho and Others v Portugal and 32 Others
Nigel Pleming KC – Senior Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and chair of the Core Group supporting BICCL’s project on Corporate Climate Litigation – talked about the launch of the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation
Recent domestic climate change cases were discussed by:
Catherine Dobson - Counsel for Friends of the Earth in Friends of the Earth Ltd & Ors v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWHC 1841 (Admin) and Friends of the Earth & Ors v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2024] EWHC 995 (Admin)
Rose Grogan - Counsel for the Defendant in R (Global Feedback) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2023] EWCA Civ 1548 and R (Boswell) v Secretary of State for Transport [2024] EWCA Civ 145
Steph David - Counsel for the Claimant in R (Global Feedback) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2023] EWCA Civ 1548 and R (Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site Limited & Anr) v Secretary of State for Transport [2024] EWHC 339 (Admin)
Ruth Keating - Counsel for the Office for Environmental Protection (led by Stephen Tromans KC) in R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) (v Surrey County Council and others [2024] UKSC 20
