The appellants of the Urgenda case and Cavelho case have abstained from taking the right-based approach for pressing on the need for reducing GHG emissions. In the EU regime, a right to a “stable climate” as recognised by the US Julian Case, can potentially fall into the appellant’s right to life, health, equal treatment, the welfare of children, among others. Such mobilization of the individuals to CJEU, on the pretext of the violation of fundamental rights, may create a special space for cl...

The appellants of the Urgenda case and Cavelho case have abstained from taking the right-based approach for pressing on the need for reducing GHG emissions. In the EU regime, a right to a “stable climate” as recognised by the US Julian Case, can potentially fall into the appellant’s right to life, health, equal treatment, the welfare of children, among others. Such mobilization of the individuals to CJEU, on the pretext of the violation of fundamental rights, may create a special space for cl...