Maxim Bönnemann (Senior Editor at Verfassungsblog and Rapporteur for Germany at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law) & Maria Antonia Tigre (Director of Global Climate Change Litigation at the Sabin Center at Columbia Law School) have published a new edited ebook entitled The Transformations of European Climate Litigation. The edited book contains various contributions on climate change litigation before the ECtHR. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Court’s judgments in the cases of Carême v. France, Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others and Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland. This is the abstract:
‘In Spring 2024, the European Court of Human Rights ruled for the first time that inadequate climate mitigation violates human rights. The Court’s landmark rulings have significant implications, ranging from the design of domestic climate laws and questions of standing to international trade issues and the European Union’s climate governance.
Building on a symposium by Verfassungsblog and the Climate Law Blog, this book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the rulings in KlimaSeniorinnen, Duarte Agostinho, and Carême. It explores key innovations, missed opportunities, and the untaken paths in European climate litigation.’
