Downstream Emissions as Climate Impacts - On the UK Supreme Court ‘s Landmark Finch Decision Shapovalova, Daria Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-06-20 eng
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 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 Shapovalova, Daria Climate Crisis climate litigation Downstream Emissions fossil fuels 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/downstream-emissions-as-climate-impacts/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/4b7883bc5929bcc9 240620 10.59704/4b7883bc5929bcc9 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)