ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marta Torre-Schaub

Marta Torre-Schaub is a Senior Professor Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). She is France Director of ClimaLex, Institut de sciences juridique et philosohpique de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

POSTS BY Marta Torre-Schaub

10 August 2022

Marta Torre-Schaub

The Future of European Climate Change Litigation

On 7 June 2022 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) relinquished jurisdiction to the Grand Chamber to hear the application lodged on 28 January 2021 on behalf of Damien Carême, former mayor of the Commune of Grande Synthe in France. While the case shares some characteristics with other climate change cases pending before the Court, it differs in some key respects, making it a unique case of its kind at the moment. The Court will have to be open to a shift towards a more ecological interpretation of the Convention and demonstrate its ability and talent to rise to the historic task required. Continue reading >>

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