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Interstate liability for climate change-related damage
Kosolapova, E.
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2013
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Kosolapova, E. (2013). Interstate liability for climate change-related damage.
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Table of Cases
1. Permanent Court of International Justice
German Settlers in Poland, Advisory Opinion, 1923 PCIJ (Ser. B) No. 6
Factory at Chorzów (Germany v. Poland), Merits, Judgment 1928 PCIJ (Ser. A)
No. 17
2. International Court of Justice
Corfu Channel (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Albania), Judgment of 9 April 1949, ICJ Rep. 4
Case Concerning the Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain), Judgment of 5 February 1970, ICJ Rep. 3
Case Concerning United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran), Judgment of 24 May 1980, 1980 ICJ Rep. 3
Military and Paramilitary Activities In and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America), Judgment of 27 June 1986,1986 ICJ Rep. 14
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion of 8 July
1996, 1996 ICJ Rep. 226
Case Concerning the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary v. Slovakia),
Judgment of 25 September 1997, 1997 ICJ Rep. 7
Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay),
Judgment of 20 April 2010, 2010 ICJ Rep. 14
3. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Responsibilities and Obligations of States with Respect to Activities in the Area,
Advisory Opinion of 1 February 2011, 2011 ITLOS Rep. 10
4. Arbitral Awards
INTERSTATE LIABILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE-RELATED DAMAGE
Rainbow Warrior (New Zealand v. France), 30 April 1990, UNRIAA, vol. XX, p. 215 (2006)
5. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Petition to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights Seeking Relief from Violations Resulting from Global Warming caused by Acts and Omissions of the United States, submitted by Sheila Watt-Cloutier, 7 December 2005
6. National Decisions 6.1 Australia
Aldous v. Greater Taree City Council [2009] NSWLEC 17
Australian Conservation Foundation v. Commonwealth [1980] 146 CLR 493 Australian Conservation Foundation v. Minister for Planning [2004] VCAT 2029 Charles & Howard Pty Ltd v. Redland Shire Council [2007] QCA 200
Gippsland Coastal Board v. South Gippsland SC & Ors (No 2) (includes Summary) (Red Dot) [2008] VCAT 1545
Gray v. Minister for Planning and Ors [2006] NSWLEC 720
Greenpeace Australia Ltd v. Redbank Power Company Pty Ltd [1994] NSWLEC 178 Minister for Planning v. Walker [2008] NSWCA 224
Northcape Properties Pty Ltd v. District Council of Yorke Peninsula [2008] SASC 57 Queensland Conservation Council Inc. v. Xstrata Coal Queensland P/L & Ors
[2007] QCA 338
Re Xstrata Coal Queensland Pty Ltd & Ors [2007] QLRT 33
Taralga Landscape Guardians Inc. v. Minister for Planning and RES Southern Cross Pty Ltd [2007] NSWLEC 59
Thornton v. Adelaide Hills Council [2006] 151 LGERA 1 Walker v. Minister for Planning [2007] NSWLEC 741
Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Proserpine/Whitsunday Branch Inc. v. Minister for the Environment & Heritage & Ors [2006] FCA 736
6.3 Canada
Friends of the Earth – Les Ami(e)s de la Terre v. The Governor in Council and The Minister of the Environment, 2008 FC 1183, 20 October 2008
6.4 Germany
Bund für Umwelt- und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. (BUND) & Germanwatch e.V. gegen Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, Verwaltungsgericht Berlin, Beschluss VG 10 A 215.04, 2006; unofficial English translation available from: <www.climatelaw.org/cases/case-documents/germany/de-export-jan06-eng.doc>
6.5 New Zealand
Genesis Power Ltd v. Franklin District Council [2005] NZRMA 541
Greenpeace v. Northland Regional Council & Mighty River Power Ltd [2006]
NZHC 1212
Environmental Defence Society (Inc) v. Auckland Regional Council [2002]
NZRMA 492
Meridian Energy Limited & Ors v. Wellington City Council and Wellington Regional Council [2007] W031/2007
Unison Networks Ltd v. Hastings District Council [2007] NZHC 1435 6.6 Nigeria
Jonah Gbemre v. Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Ltd., Suit No.
FHC/B/CS/53/05, Federal High Court of Nigeria, Benin Judicial Division, 2005
6.7 United Kingdom
Dimmock v. Secretary of State for Education and Skills [2007] EWHC 2288
(Admin)
6.8 United States
American Electric Power Company, Inc. v. Connecticut, 131 S.Ct. 2527, U.S., 2011 Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
INTERSTATE LIABILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE-RELATED DAMAGE
California v. General Motors Corp., 2007 WL 2726871 (N.D.Cal.)
Center for Biological Diversity v. Abraham, 218 F.Supp. 2d 1143 (N.D.Cal. 2002) Center for Biological Diversity v. Brennan, 571 F.Supp. 2d 1105 (N.D.Cal. 2007) Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Department of the Interior, 563
F. 3d 466 (D.C.Circ. 2009)
Coalition for a Sustainable Future in Yucaipa v. City of Yucaipa, 198 Cal.App.4th
939 (Cal.App. 4 Dist. 2011)
Comer v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., WL 1066645 (S.D.Miss.)
(23 February 2006)
Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 2007 WL 6942285 (S.D.Miss.) (20 August
2007) (NO. CIVA 1:05-CV436LGRHW)
Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 585 F.3d 855, C.A.5 (Miss.), 2009
Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., Case 1:11-cv-00220-LG-RHW (S.D.Miss.)
(20 March 2012)
Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co., Inc., 406 F.Supp. 2d 265 (S.D.N.Y.
2005)
Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co., Inc., 582 F.3d 309, C.A.2 (N.Y.),
2009
Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 945 So.2d 1246 (Fla. 2006)
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., 120 S.Ct. 693
(U.S. 2000)
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Mosbacher, 488 F.Supp. 2d 889 (N.D.Cal. 2007) Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Watson, 35 ELR 20179 (N.D.Cal. 2005)
Habitat and Watershed Caretakers v. City of Santa Cruz, 149 Cal.Rptr.3d 574
(Cal.App. 6 Dist. 2012)
Healdsburg Citizens for Sustainable Solutions v. City of Healdsburg, 206
Cal.App.4th 988 (Cal.App. 1 Dist. 2012)
Korsinsky v. EPA, 2005 WL 2414744 (S.D.N.Y.)
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 112 S.Ct. 2130 (U.S.Minn. 1992) Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803)
Massachusetts v. EPA, 127 S.Ct. 1438, U.S., 2007
Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., 663 F.Supp.2d 863
(N.D.Cal. 2009)
Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., 2012 WL 4215921 (9th
Cir.(Cal.)) (21 September 2012) (NO. 09-17490)
Natural Resources Defence Council v. Kempthorne, 506 F.Supp. 2d 322 (E.D.Cal.
2007)
Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Owens Corning Corp., 434 F.Supp. 2d
