http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/82c25e98437ab662 https://verfassungsblog.de/looking-sideways/ Looking Sideways - The Comparative Law Process and Climate Change Case-Law Before the European Court of Human Rights Kondak, Rachael eng 2026-06-29 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Climate Justice Europa European Court of Human Rights Klima Subsidiarity judicial dialogue Europa Klima Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 What are the major interpretative principles which assist the European Court of Human Rights in its decision-making? What role do they play in climate change judgments? Subsidiarity, the living instrument doctrine and a harmonious interpretation of international law all enable the Court to incorporate relevant comparative law into its reasoning. Climate change case-law is particularly well-suited to the comparative law approach and I argue that the role of comparative law can potentially have more impact in this emerging area of the law than in others.