Climate change

Case: Atmospheric Trust Litigation Region: Ukraine Parties: plaintiff: NGO “Environment-People-Law” (EPL); defendant: the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU), Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine (Ministry), National Agency of Environmental Investmets (NAEI). Goal of the case: Protection of present and future generations from negative consequences on climate change. The claim was prepared as part of…

Case: Climate change litigation- failure of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine to fulfil its climate change obligations. Region: Ukraine Fact of the matter: to declare unlawful inaction and to oblige the Ministry of Environmental Protection to take actions on fulfilment of undertaken obligations pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…

Case: Climate change litigation- failure of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine to fulfil its climate change obligations. Region: Ukraine Fact of the matter: to declare unlawful inaction and to oblige the Ministry of Environmental Protection to take actions on fulfilment of undertaken obligations pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…

Case: Violation of the legislation on the right to information and public participation in climate change issues by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Ukraine. Fact of the matter: protection of the right to information, and right on public participation in decision making process in environmental matters. Parties:plaintiff: NGO “Environment-People-Law” (EPL)defendant: Ministry of Environmental Protection…

Case: Consideration of the climate change issue in the course of EIA in Ukraine. Region: Ukraine Fact of the matter: Impact of a planned activity on the global climate change in the course of EIA in Ukraine is not being taken into consideration. The impact of the projected objects on the microclimate is considered, but…

By its resolution of 26.10.2009, Lviv circuit administrative court opened a new legal case initiated by Environment-People-Law (EPL) against the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and National Agency of Environmental Investments (NAEI). EPL asked the court to recognize unlawful the inaction of the above mentioned governmental bodies towards information dissemination and oblige them to make…

Case: Environment-People-Law against National Agency of Environmental Investments – access to information in National Electronic Registry of Anthropogenic Emissions. Region: Ukraine Parties: plaintiff: NGO “Environment-People-Law” (EPL);defendant: National Agency of Environmental Investmets (NAEI). Merit of the case: assure appropriate access to information in the National Electronic Registry of Anthropogenic Emissions. Fact of the matter: The National…

Case: Control over the activity that influences climate Region: Ukraine Essence of the case: arrangement of control over the activity that influences climate in Ukraine Essence of the problem: There is no proper control over the activity that influences climate change, the list of enterprises that commit GHG emissions is not created in Ukraine, the…