Thomas Kreuder: “Climate Change Litigation – A Promising Perspective?”
Climate Change Litigation – A Promising Perspective?
Thomas Kreuder, Dr. jur., Senior Corporate Counsel, Senior Vice President, Legal, IP Management & Compliance, Evonik Industries AG, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, 63457 Hanau, Germany; thomas-kreuder@t-online.de; ORCID ID: orcid.org/0009-0004-4871-1095
Summary
Like climate change, climate lawsuits are a global phenomenon. Under the guise of “strategic litigation”, individuals and groups try to advance sufficient efforts to mitigate climate change by states and companies, citing constitutional fundamental and human rights. The majority of the litigation has so far been unsuccessful. With the Dutch judgments in the Urgenda and Shell cases and the decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court of March 2021, case-law precedent for concrete measures has recently become available. The article sheds light on the discussion on climate lawsuits, lets critics have their say and concludes with an outlook on the effects of these proceedings on liberal parliamentary democracies and the emergence of global ecological human rights and possibly even of nature’s rights for its own sake.
Key words: climate change; climate lawsuits; strategic litigation; global ecological human rights
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.73.23.16
Hrčak ID: 308887
URI: https://hrcak.srce.hr/308887
Pages: 593-625
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Sudski sporovi u vezi s klimatskim promjenama: Perspektiva koja obećava?
Dr. jur. Thomas Kreuder, Senior Corporate Counsel, Senior Vice President, Legal, IP Management & Compliance, Evonik Industries AG, Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, 63457 Hanau, Njemačka; thomas-kreuder@t-online.de; ORCID ID: orcid.org/0009-0004-4871-1095
Sažetak
Poput klimatskih promjena, i tužbe zbog klimatskih promjena globalni su fenomen. Pod krinkom “strateških parnica” pojedinci i skupine nastoje uložiti dovoljne napore kako bi potaknuli države i kompanije na ublažavanje klimatskih promjena, pozivajući se pritom na temeljna ustavna i ljudska prava. Većina je tužbi do sada bila neuspješna. Nakon presuda nizozemskih sudova u predmetima Urgenda i Shell te odluke njemačkog Saveznog ustavnog suda iz ožujka 2021. godine stvoreni su sudski presedani za konkretne mjere. U ovome radu analiziraju se rasprave o tužbama zbog klimatskih promjena, dopuštajući kritičarima da kažu svoja mišljenja, te se iznose zaključci u pogledu učinaka tih sudskih postupaka na liberalne parlamentarne demokracije i nastanak globalnih ekoloških ljudskih prava, a možda čak i prava prirode.
Ključne riječi: klimatske promjene; tužbe zbog klimatskih promjena; strateške parnice; globalna ekološka ljudska prava
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.73.23.16
Hrčak ID: 308887
URI: https://hrcak.srce.hr/308887
Stranice: 593-625