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71.Report on the growing number of climate court cases (2024-01-04)
... The total number of climate change court cases has more than doubled since 2017 and is growing worldwide. hese findings, published today by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University. The report, Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review, is based on a review of cases focused on climate... ...
72.OPPOSITION OF THE COMMUNITY OF VILNIANSK, ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, TO THE ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE KAOLIN QUARRY. BURKOT-KONONENKO. (2024-01-03)
... Case: appeal of the Conclusion on environmental impact assessment of the planned activity “Development of the Eastern section of the Bilyayivskie primary kaolin deposit, construction of a mining and beneficiation complex with a capacity of 100,000 m3/year, change of purpose of land plots with an area of about 95 hectares”. Region: Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia region, Vilniansk... ...
73.Fighting greenwashing: progress reports published (2024-01-02)
... The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), which bring together the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority, have published progress reports on the investigation of greenwashing in the financial services sector (hereinafter – progress reports). These reports are aimed at combating the practice of greenwashing,... ...
76.US Supreme Court decisions that undermine environmental standards (2023-12-29)
... Recent decisions by the overwhelmingly conservative majority in the US Supreme Court in the area of environmental law signal about a danger to environmental protection. Several recent decisions reflect the attitude of the modern US Supreme Court to environmental legislation. In “West Virginia v. EPA” case adopted in June 2022, the US Supreme Court canceled... ...
79.Road map of environmental reforms: moving towards the EU (2023-12-20)
... EPL team rejoices with all of Ukraine at the decision of the European Council on the readiness to start negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. At the same time, we are aware that this is the beginning of a new difficult path. We will remind that the previous decision of the European Commission was... ...
80.FROM KYIV TO THE HAGUE VIA NEW YORK: EPL INITIATED DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROSPECTS OF APPLYING THE ROME STATUTE IN UKRAINE (2023-12-15)
... On December 12, 2023, EPL, in collaboration with partners such as the Open Society Foundations, the International Renaissance Foundation, the Office of the Prosecutor General, and the Institute for Environmental Security, organized an additional event entitled «War-driven Environmental Damage in Ukraine: Perspectives on the Application of the Rome Statute and the Work of the... ...
