ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vladislava Stoyanova

Vladislava Stoyanova is Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden, and the Land Steiermark Fellow in Law and Innovation at the Centre for Jurisprudence, Faculty of Law, University of Graz, Austria.

POSTS BY Vladislava Stoyanova

07 May 2024

KlimaSeniorinnen and the Question(s) of Causation

In Verein Klimaseniorinnen Schweiz and Others v Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights makes many general statements about the nature of climate change and different actors’ roles in addressing it. Many points have been addressed in this blog symposium. In my blog post, I turn to a more technical aspect of the judgment, namely the question of causation. I will untangle the analytical gymnastics that the Court performs regarding this question. I will argue that the reasoning regarding causation is confusing and that it is not clear how specifically the ‘real prospect’ test is applied for finding a breach. Continue reading >>