More than a thousand climate lawsuits have been filed worldwide since 2015. In recent years, an increasing number of cases have succeeded. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Switzerland had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to adequately address climate change.

What characterizes this legal development globally? How does it affect Norway, and why do the lawsuits increasingly involve human rights? How will this impact the work of environmental organizations, the media, and public administration?

Read about the historic ruling in Strasbourg

This event is in English

Participants:
Tine Larsen, lawyer and partner at Dæhlin Sand Advokatfirma. She has extensive experience in energy and environmental law, primarily at the local and regional levels
Jenny Sandvig, supreme Court lawyer with extensive experience in nature and climate litigation. She represents the Climate Case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and is a lawyer and partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Yann Robiou du Pont, esearcher at Utrecht University on climate justice, assessing the climate ambition of states and companies. He wrote multiple expert reports for climate litigation cases against companies and countries, including before the European Court of Human Rights.

Moderator: David Chelsom Vogt, philosopher and lawyer, currently postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen

This event is presented by Naturvernforbundet.

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