Six Youths v. Minister of Environment and Others

Six young climate activists filed a claim against Brazil’s former Ministers of the Environment and International Affairs and the federal government for decreasing the country's ambitions to reduce emissions within their updated 2020 NDCs under the Paris Agreement. The claimants’ request for urgent injunctive relief due to the urgency of the climate crisis was denied, and the final judgement is still pending.

Mathur, et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario

The case of Mathur v. Ontario represents the first case in Ontario in which the court ruled that climate change may threaten fundamental rights under the Constitutional Law. By Leon Qiu Country: Canada Defendants: State of Ontario Law Applied: Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomConstitutional LawEnvironmental LawDomestic Human Rights Law Key words:  Mitigation Human Rights...

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