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The case, dubbed the people's climate case, is brought by children and their parents, working in agriculture and tourism in the EU and abroad who are and will increasingly be adversely affected in their livelihoods and their physical well-being by climate change effects such as droughts, flooding, heat waves, sea level rise and the disappearance of cold seasons. They are supported and joined by an association of indigenous Sami youth. The applicants are engaged in a range of economic activities, including the cultivation of crops, forestry management, animal herding, and eco-tourism. For each of the families, climate change has in some cases already curtailed their activities and livelihoods.
The Defendants are the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. These are the institutions of the Union responsible for the adoption of the legal acts challenged by this application. The Applicants are represented by the three authors of this article. They bring two related applications concerning the responsibility of the Union for emissions of greenhouse gases ('GHGs'), leading to dangerous climate change. They contend that the Union has failed and continues to fail to meet its urgent responsibilities to limit the emission of GHGs, in breach of its binding obligations of higher rank law. This breach currently manifests in three recently adopted legal acts of the European Parliament and the Council, which cover different sectors of the economy.

Klimaschutz ist Menschenrecht! Dürre, Eisschmelze, Überflutungen zerstören den Lebensraum und die Existenzgrundlage vieler Menschen. Doch Regierungen oder Konzerne zeigen sich oft träge bis ignorant, wenn sie Massnahmen zum Klimaschutz ergreifen sollen. Was kann da der Einzelne, das Klimaopfer, tun? Die Rechtsanwältin Roda Verheyen sagt entschlossen: das bestehende Recht und die Gerichte nutzen. Wir alle sind bedroht und können mit Klimaklagen Verantwortliche zur Rechenschaft ziehen. Anhand eigener Erfahrungen und wichtiger internationaler Prozessfälle zeigt sie, dass die Judikative IBM in Sachen Klimaschutz eine oft unterschätzte Gewalt IBM Machtlosen Recht verschaffen kann. Schliesslich geht es um das Recht des Menschen auf ein Leben in Würde, jetzt und in Zukunft. (Verlagswerbung)

Preliminary Material -- Introduction /Hans-Joachim Koch and Doris König -- 1 Global Warming Continues, International Climate Politics Keeps Failing /Mojib Latif -- 2 The Sleeping Giant Awakes?: us Actions to Mitigate Climate Disruption /David Driesen -- 3 Climate Change and the Law in Japan /Yukari Takamura -- 4 Climate and Energy Policy in the eu and Germany at a Crossroads /Simon Marr -- 5 Climate Change Law in China—Is Renewable Energy Law an Effective Tool for Combating Climate Change? /Nengye Liu -- 6 Climate Change, Law and Development in Africa: A Reflection on Selected Aspects, Relations and Responses /Oliver C. Ruppel -- 7 The Current State of International Fisheries and the Protection of Extensively Overfished Fish Stocks /Manfred Niekisch , Markus Salomon and Stefanie Jung -- 8 Mariculture and Environmental Protection—Problems and Regulatory Strategies /Jorge Bermúdez Soto -- 9 Regional Fisheries Management Organisations and their Efforts and Measures to Regulate Fishing Activities /Rosemary Rayfuse -- 10 A New Basic Regulation for the eu Common Fisheries Policy: A Post-Reform Inventory /Till Markus -- 11 Enforcement Issues in Norwegian Fisheries Law /Tore Henriksen -- 12 New Steps in the Control of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing /Gabriela A. Oanta -- 13 Licensing and Permit Requirements: Norway /Martin Bryde -- 14 Licensing and Permit Requirements: Scotland /Matthew Gubbins -- 15 Product-Related Regulation: Certification of Mariculture Products /Magreet van Vilsteren -- 16 Discussion Summary Working Group: Mariculture /Arndt Schmehl -- 17 The Evolving Framework for International Navigation in the Arctic /Aldo Chircop -- 18 Compliance with the un Convention on the Law of the Sea: Problems and Prospects /Robin Churchill -- 19 A Jurisprudential Reflection on Marine Environmental State Jurisdiction /Bénédicte Sage-Fuller -- 20 Regional Cooperations in Marine Environmental Law /Dorota J. Englender -- 21 Legal Regimes for Regional Climate Protection and the Protection of the Seas as Dominant Topics in International Environmental Policy and Law—Conclusion /Joachim Sanden and Roda Verheyen -- Index.

This open access book aims to elaborate on the legal prerequisites to establish the liability of corporations for transboundary environmental harm, not only by identifying existing liability rules, principles and standards but also by analysing their potential for further legal development. The authors consider international and transboundary liability law to currently be an underutilised tool for international environmental protection. The book seeks to address this by exploring what is needed in terms of legislative action and identifying options for judicial pliability, thereby providing an important legal contribution in furthering the development of an effective international and transnational environmental liability law regime.

This open access book aims to elaborate on the legal prerequisites to establish the liability of corporations for transboundary environmental harm, not only by identifying existing liability rules, principles and standards but also by analysing their potential for further legal development. The authors consider international and transboundary liability law to currently be an underutilised tool for international environmental protection. The book seeks to address this by exploring what is needed in terms of legislative action and identifying options for judicial pliability, thereby providing an important legal contribution in furthering the development of an effective international and transnational environmental liability law regime.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Really a Sea Change? - In Search of a Coherent and Consistent Sustainability Approach -- List of Contributors -- Part 1 Sustainable Ocean Resource Governance - The Wider Horizons -- Chapter 1 Opening Address -- Chapter 2 Sustainable Production of Offshore Renewable Energy: A Global Perspective -- Chapter 3 Sustainable Energy Generation from the Oceans -- Chapter 4 International Environmental Law, Sustainable Generation of Energy from the Ocean and Small Island Developing States in the Pacific -- Chapter 5 Realization of Sustainable Management/Development under the Law of the Sea Convention? -- Chapter 6 Toward Sustainable Management of Marine Natural Resources -- Chapter 7 Sustainable Management of Ocean Ecosystems: Some Comments -- Part 2 Sustainable Ocean Resource Governance - The Specific Fields of Application -- Chapter 8 The Area: Common Heritage of Mankind, Sponsoring States of Convenience and Developing States -- Chapter 9 State Practice in Deep Seabed Mining: The Case of the People's Republic of China -- Chapter 10 Multinational Corporations and International Environmental Liability: International Subjectivity and Universal Jurisdiction (Backs and Forths after Kiobel) -- Chapter 11 OSPAR and Coastal State Encroachment on High Seas Submarine Cable Freedoms -- Index.