{"id":28352,"date":"2020-01-23T12:36:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T11:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=28352"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:49:02","slug":"judgement-brings-norwegian-climate-lawsuit-a-huge-step-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/press-release\/28352\/judgement-brings-norwegian-climate-lawsuit-a-huge-step-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Judgement brings Norwegian climate lawsuit a huge step forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oslo, Norway – <\/em>The Court of Appeals in Oslo just rendered the judgement of the Norwegian climate lawsuit. While the Norwegian Court rightly upholds the Constitution which guarantees everyone’s right to a healthy environment, it doesn’t acknowledge the environmental boundaries breached by awarding 10 oil drilling licenses in the Arctic.<\/p>\n\n

Read\nthe full judgement text (in Norwegian) here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe\nare happy the Norwegian Court of Appeals acknowledges current and future\ngenerations\u2019 right to a healthy environment and that right also includes the\nduty to take into account the full emissions from the burning of Norwegian oil,\nwherever that takes place. This is an important legal victory on the right to a\nhealthy environment under the Norwegian Constitution,\u201d said head of Greenpeace\nNorway Frode Pleym.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThis\nis a big step closer to guaranteeing our future and sending a message that we\ncan\u2019t afford to drill for new oil. The Norwegian Court of Appeal is standing\nbehind the constitutional right to a healthy environment, and finding that the\nNorwegian government could be responsible for emissions made by Norwegian oil\nburned abroad,\u201d said head of co-plaintiff Nature & Youth Therese Woie.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cStill, the Court finds that the threshold for invalidating\nthe oil drilling licences is not breached. The co-plaintiffs will appeal the\njudgement to Supreme Court, as it is clear that this necessitates further\nreview by the judiciary,\u201d said Frode Pleym.<\/p>\n\n

The\nCourt of Appeal additionally found that the case raises important principles\npertaining to the environment and the living conditions for current and future\ngenerations. Thus it has ruled that Greenpeace and Nature and Youth do not need\nto bear the government’s costs from the District Court nor the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cPeople,\ngovernment and polluting industries across the world should take note: This is\nwhat can be achieved by a growing and powerful youth and environmental movement\nwho are determined to take ownership of their human right to a sustainable\nfuture,\u201d says Therese Woie, head of Nature & Youth.<\/p>\n\n

Norway\nis the 7th biggest exporter of climate-wrecking emissions on the planet. The\ncountry\u2019s total exported greenhouse gas emissions are ten times bigger than the\ndomestic emissions from the production.  <\/p>\n\n

Media\nbriefing: here<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Legal\ndocuments: here<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Photos\nfor press use can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Notes<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s the first case to challenge the drilling for oil and gas\nbased on the Paris Agreement, and it is the first time the rights contained in\nNorwegian Constitutional Article \u00a7112 is invoked in court.<\/p>\n\n

The\nplaintiffs have filed the legal case against the Norwegian government for\ngranting oil licenses to 13 companies in the 23rd licensing in the Barents Sea.<\/p>\n\n

The oil\ncompanies are: Equinor (formerly Statoil, Norway), Capricorn, Tullow and\nCentrica (UK), Chevron and ConocoPhillips (USA), DEA (Germany), Aker BP\n(Norway), Idemitsu (Japan), Lukoil (Russia), Lundin Petroleum (Sweden), OMV\n(Austria), PGNiG (Norway\/Poland). <\/p>\n\n

Since\nthe lawsuit was filed, Chevron and Tullow Oil Norge have sold their share in\nthe licenses. Centrica Resources and Bayerngaz Norge have merged into Spirit\nEnergy.<\/p>\n\n

Contacts<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Frode Pleym, head of Greenpeace Norway. Mobile: +47 97307378<\/p>\n\n

Therese Hugstmyr Woie, head of Nature & Youth in Norway. Mobile: +47 46892288<\/p>\n\n

Poul Bonke Justesen, international\ncommunications lead, Greenpeace. Mobile: +45 26294938<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours),\u00a0pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org<\/a>

Follow @greenpeacepress on twitter for our latest international press releases<\/em><\/p>\n

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