nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/4b7883bc5929bcc9 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240620s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/4b7883bc5929bcc9 doi eng 342 23 Shapovalova, Daria Author aut Downstream Emissions as Climate Impacts - On the UK Supreme Court ‘s Landmark Finch Decision Shapovalova, Daria Verfassungsblog 2024-06-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a 3-2 majority, the UK Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling today, significantly impacting the consideration of climate impacts in the oil and gas licensing process. While the Government’s approach so far has been to only consider exploration and production emissions, the Court’s decision establishes that emissions resulting from burning the produced oil and gas (regardless of where it occurs) have to also be considered. The ruling is significant as it is the first highest court decision to adopt this interpretation on climate impacts of fossil fuel production. It will no doubt have a knock-on effect on at least three other cases pending before lower courts in the UK, and potentially affect cases both within and outside the European Union. CC BY-SA 4.0 Climate Crisis climate litigation Downstream Emissions fossil fuels Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/downstream-emissions-as-climate-impacts/ raw object