Face aux déconvenues du contentieux climatique de l'Union européenne, les droits fondamentaux au secours du climat?

Abstract

(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2022 7(1), 253-264 | European Forum Insight of 18 May 2022 | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Un insuccès imputable à l'obstacle de la recevabilité des requêtes climatiques auprès de la Cour de justice. - III. Explorer les voies de droit à même de porter la défense du climat devant la Cour de justice. - IV. Mobiliser en Europe des droits fondamentaux substantiels adaptés au contentieux climatique. | (Abstract) So far, climate change litigation in the European Union has been a disappointment, since the European Court of Justice denied the admissibility of two promising cases in 2021: Sabo ECLI:EU:C:2021:24 and Carvalho ECLI:EU:T:2019:252. Nonetheless, the European human rights litigation can still play a significant role in alleviating the ongoing climate crisis in the future. There is still a path to find the access to the Luxembourg Court for future claims related to climate change. Renewed standards of European Human Rights could also be one of the keys to create a proper case law to fight global warming.

Keywords

• climate change
• human rights
• european court of justice
• climate litigation
• admissibility
• european fundamental rights