Lea Frerichs
@leafrerichs.bsky.social
PhD Student University of Hamburg focusing on Climate Litigation and Movements @gklimawende.bsky.social | Board Member EMAlumni Association | Global Campus of Human Rights Alumni | Feminist
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52/🚨The Court then delivers a powerful statement: failure of a state to take appropriate action to regulate fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel licences, fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state
July 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
52/🚨The Court then delivers a powerful statement: failure of a state to take appropriate action to regulate fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel licences, fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state
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27/ The #FossilFuel industry suffered a significant defeat today as this signals the beginning of the end of the industry's impunity.
That the judges rejected the industry's key legal arguments one after another will be extremely useful in similar cases pending at the moment.
That the judges rejected the industry's key legal arguments one after another will be extremely useful in similar cases pending at the moment.
May 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
27/ The #FossilFuel industry suffered a significant defeat today as this signals the beginning of the end of the industry's impunity.
That the judges rejected the industry's key legal arguments one after another will be extremely useful in similar cases pending at the moment.
That the judges rejected the industry's key legal arguments one after another will be extremely useful in similar cases pending at the moment.
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24/🔥The judges have clearly established that the civil responsibility of fossil fuel majors can be engaged in the context of climate related harms.
🎉Here is the legal precedent that the #ClimateJustice had been awaiting - with significance well beyond Germany!
🎉Here is the legal precedent that the #ClimateJustice had been awaiting - with significance well beyond Germany!
May 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
24/🔥The judges have clearly established that the civil responsibility of fossil fuel majors can be engaged in the context of climate related harms.
🎉Here is the legal precedent that the #ClimateJustice had been awaiting - with significance well beyond Germany!
🎉Here is the legal precedent that the #ClimateJustice had been awaiting - with significance well beyond Germany!
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2/ 🌰 In a nutshell, the global significance of the decision expected today: after ten years of judicial process(!), the judges will deliver today their decision in what is a real-world version of David v. Goliath, opposing a Peruvian farmer to one of Europe's biggest polluters...
May 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
2/ 🌰 In a nutshell, the global significance of the decision expected today: after ten years of judicial process(!), the judges will deliver today their decision in what is a real-world version of David v. Goliath, opposing a Peruvian farmer to one of Europe's biggest polluters...