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European Human Rights Court adjourns Norwegian climate case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to postpone the proceedings in the Norwegian climate application, which seeks to prevent the expansion of fossil fuel extraction in the Arctic, pending the outcome of three other climate cases.
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Young Norwegian environmentalists ask the European Court of Human Rights to secure their rights in the face of climate change
Six young activists and environmental organisations have asked the European Court of Human Rights to secure their rights in the face of climate change by ceasing all new licences for exploration of oil and gas issued by the Norwegian State.
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The Norwegian State calls for rejection of Arctic oil case by European Court of Human Rights
The Norwegian state argues that the European Court of Human Rights should reject the case filed by environmental organisations and six young activists, using the war in Ukraine to justify a demand for Norwegian oil in decades to come. The applicants react strongly, saying that the attempt to evade responsibility for the climate crisis is reckless.
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Arctic oil case takes big steps towards the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has characterised the Arctic oil case as a potential “impact case”, and has therefore requested that the Norwegian Government responds to the People.
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Youth take Arctic oil to European Court
Oslo, Norway, 15 June 2021 – Six young climate activists, along with two major environmental organisations from Norway, are filing a historic application to bring the issue of Arctic oil…
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Meet the applicants
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen is 23 years old and from the municipality of Tana, in Finnmark county in the far north of Norway. She identifies as a Norwegian and Sami…
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History of the People vs Arctic Oil case
On 18 October 2016, with the backing of a wide coalition, Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth Norway filed a historic legal case against the Norwegian government, challenging the granting of new oil drilling licenses in a newly opened area for the first time in 20 years.
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People vs. Arctic Oil – Summary of the case
Why are Greenpeace Nordic, Young Friends of the Earth Norway and individual applicants taking the People vs. Arctic Oil case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)?
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Outrage after judgment in favour of the Norwegian oil state
The judgment was uneven, with four judges believing that the oil licenses in the Arctic should be invalid for climate reasons, but the majority voted in favour of the Norwegian…
