The recent post by Daniel Bodansky and Suan Biniaz on the possible chilling effects of the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change, as well as the recent ruminations on the state of the world  and the implications this has for international law, present an opportunity to think about international environmental law more generally. Not because…

To much media attention, excitement and general anticipation, the European Court of Human Rights finally handed down judgments in the three climate change cases relinquished to the Grand Chamber. The three cases are Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland (application no. 53600/20), Carême v. France (no. 7189/21) and…

On Wednesday the 26th of September, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held oral hearings in Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 others, which is one of the three climate change cases currently pending before the Grand Chamber (seven other cases have been adjourned pending the Grand Chamber’s decision…