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Climate Emergency and Human Rights, Advisory Opinion AO 32/25, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. A) No. 32 (May 29, 2025)
2025
Caribbean
Central America
North America
South America
Access to Information
Access to Justice
Climate Change Advisory opinions Greenhouse gases Mitigation Pivotal Cases
Courts International courts and tribunals
Defending Defenders
Economics Ecosystem Services
Environmental justice
Human Rights Inter-American human rights system
International Treaties United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Procedural Issues
Right to ... Healthy Environment
Rights of Nature
The Norwegian State v. Greenpeace Nordic, Nature and Youth Norway, Case E-18/24 (21 May 2025) (Advisory Opinion of the European Free Trade Association Court)
Western Europe Norway
Access to Information
Climate Change Advisory opinions Greenhouse gases Litigation
Environmental Impact Assessment Impacts
Oil & Gas
Brazil, Public Civil Action before the 9ª Vara Federal de Porto Alegre. Amigos da Terra, Preservar and Associação Gaúcha de Proteção ao Ambiente Natural vs. Federal Government, State Government of Rio Grande do Sul, Companhia Riograndense de Mineração (CRM), Eletrosul et al. (2025)
South America Brazil
Access to Information
Climate Change Advisory opinions Greenhouse gases Litigation Pivotal Cases United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Energy Coal and gas power plants Just energy transition
Environmental Impact Assessment Public participation
Mining Coal mining
Public Participation
R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others, UKSC 20 (20 June 2024)
2024
Climate Change Greenhouse gases
Environmental Impact Assessment Impacts
Oil & Gas Onshore oil & gas
Global economic potential for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from mangrove loss
2012
Global
Climate Change Emission trading system Greenhouse gases
Economics Ecosystem Services Social Cost of Carbon Valuation methods
Marine and Coastal Coastal zone management Mangroves
Polluter Pays Principle
Allometry, biomass, and productivity of mangrove forests: A review
2008
Global
Climate Change Greenhouse gases
Economics Ecosystem Services Social Cost of Carbon
Marine and Coastal Mangroves
Sustainable Development
Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics
2011
Global
Climate Change Greenhouse gases
Economics Social Cost of Carbon
Forests
Marine and Coastal Coastal zone management Mangroves
Mangroves: A Carbon Source and Sink
1993
Southeast Asia Malaysia
Climate Change Greenhouse gases
Economics Ecosystem Services Social Cost of Carbon
Financial Liability Natural resources damages
Marine and Coastal Aquaculture Mangroves
Sustainable Development
A review on mercury biogeochemistry in mangrove sediments: Hotspots of methylmercury production?
2019
Global
Climate Change Greenhouse gases
Economics Ecosystem Services
Marine and Coastal Mangroves
Wetlands
A future 1.2 C increase in ocean temperature alters the quality of mangrove habitats for marine plants and animals
2019
Global
Biodiversity
Climate Change Greenhouse gases
Marine and Coastal Mangroves
Wildlife Animal welfare

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