Maarten Christiaens

One year after the Dutch Supreme Court upheld the Urgenda decision, climate change litigation is still trending. We discuss four developments in the climate change litigation landscape that build on the principles laid down in the Urgenda case law.

Op 4 maart 2020 presenteerde de Europese Commissie de Europese klimaatwet, een kader voor klimaatneutraliteit en wijziging van EU-verordening 2018/1999. Één van de tools om de doelstellingen van de Europese Green Deal te realiseren.

The outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis has been officially acknowledged as a pandemic and public health crisis. In response, the Belgian authorities have decided to proceed with the grant of temporary authorisations for certain biocidal product types.

The ICLG to Environment & Climate Change Law 2020 covers common issues in environment and climate change laws and regulations – including environmental policy and its enforcement, environmental permits, liabilities, among others – in 27 jurisdictions.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on the concept of 'biocidal product' on the making available on the market and use of biocidal products, in a case on a cleaning product primarily used "to ensure the absence of mould".

On Friday 21 December 2019, the Dutch Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of the Dutch government in the Urgenda-case, hence upholding the order of the Court of Appeal of The Hague. The The Hague Court of Appeal ordered the Dutch State in 2018 (confirming