After Switzerland Comes Austria - Why the ECtHR could soon grant individual standing in a climate mitigation case for the first time

Abstract

The KlimaSeniorinnen judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has been the subject of intense debate for several weeks. One focus was on the question of standing, i.e., who can bring a lawsuit connected to climate change and human rights before the ECtHR. However, less attention has been paid to the question of the impact of the judgment on currently pending climate change cases before the ECtHR. This blog post sheds light on “climate change case number four”, a case against Austria primarily challenging the shortcomings of the Austrian Climate Protection Act.

Keywords

• Climate Crisis
• ECtHR
• KlimaSeniorinnen
• KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz | Zürich
• Standing
• climate litigation