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Litigants and environmental movements increasingly turn to the courts to challenge States’ unambitious climate policies. Drawing especially on constitutional and human rights law, climate litigation pursues mitigation and adaptation measures and a just climate transition. As this phenomenon evolves, it poses ongoing questions about the role of courts and the nature of judicial power.
Event details of Climate Litigation through a constitutional lens
Date
12 January 2024
Time
09:00 -17:30
Room
A3.15

Concerns about the legitimacy and potential overextension of courts continually collide with demands for systemic change and critiques of the law’s inherent limitations in providing global climate justice. In this one-day workshop, bringing together academics and practitioners, we will explore some of the key questions that arise in this context.

Panels will discuss:

(i) how courts engage with, interpret, and base their findings on scientific evidence;

(ii) whether and how climate litigation can provide redistributive outcomes;

(iii) how the identification of overarching legal concepts and norms constitutionalizes states’ obligations in the climate emergency;

(iv) how objections to climate litigation rooted in the separation of powers can be understood and potentially overcome.

This conference is organised by Christina Eckes and Corina Heri.

Confirmed speakers

Justine Bendel (University of Copenhagen), Andrew Jackson (University College Dublin), Kelly Matheson (Global Climate Litigation), Sarah Mead (Urgenda), Phillip Paiement (Tilburg University), Lea Raible (University of Glasgow), Annalisa Savaresi (University of Eastern Finland), Nele Schuldt (Ghent University), Wim Thiery (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh (University of Amsterdam), Gerd Winter (University of Bremen)

Roeterseilandcampus - building A

Room A3.15
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam