The proceedings on appeal in this climate case concern Urgenda’s claim to order the State to achieve a level of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by end-2020 that is more ambitious than envisioned by the State in its policy.
This article discusses the history of EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board, explains how it operates, and summarizes its docket and adjudication results.
The respondents are three of the 10,000 natives living in that part of Sarawak where the Bakun Hydro-Electric Project (‘the Project’) is situated. Following the commencement of the Project, steps were taken by the appellants to compensate the respondents and also to resettle them. The respondents did not challenge the compensation or the resettlement, but claimed that (i) the Project, if carried through, would adversely affect their fundamental rights in that their livelihood would suffer from the resulting impact on the environment.
An Act to provide for the regulation and control of atomic energy, for the establishment of standards on liability for nuclear damage and for matters connected therewith or related thereto.
An Act to provide for the regulation and control of atomic energy, for the establishment of standards on liability for nuclear damage and for matters connected therewith or related thereto.
