Climate Change Litigation In EU Courts: Evolution, Challenges & Implications For India
- IJLLR Journal
- Apr 13, 2025
- 1 min read
Abhinav Karthik, BBA LLB, Christ Deemed to be University, Pune Lavasa
Priya Mondal, Assistant Professor (Law), Christ Deemed to be University, Pune Lavasa
ABSTRACT
The world today is increasingly growing towards industrial and commercial needs whereas the natural environment has not sufficiently garnered enough measures for sustainability. The growing crisis of the green resources have worried the existential possibilities of the humanity in the near future. The existing trend of inconsiderate developments jeopardizes the biological eco- system of the world and pushes the future towards an industrial wasteland. Amidst this misery, an emerging and successful reformative step towards mitigating the environmental crisis is the climate litigation. The present research paper throws light on the shift evolved in the European Union against the environmental depletion from narrow and isolated cases to systemic and extensive challenges against the governments and corporations. Further, it lays focus on the strategic legal framework supplementing the climate justice and enriching influence beyond the EU jurisdictions. Nations and corporations are extensively brought into the radar for depleting the natural habitat and a strong measure is considered towards adaptation and accountability against them. In light of this, the research emphasizes on how the European Union has set a strong future direction by welcoming and encouraging the climate cause of action and by promoting policy changes and human right claims to influence a global action.
Keywords: Climate litigation, Environment, European Convention, Human Rights, National Courts.
