http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220810-181614-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-future-of-european-climate-change-litigation/ The Future of European Climate Change Litigation - The Carême case before the European Court of Human Rights Torre-Schaub, Marta eng 2022-08-10 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 climate change climate change litigation Climate Crisis climate litigation European Court of Human Rights Human Rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.