In the ruling, which determined the law to be unconstitutional, the Alberta Court of Appeal acknowledged the seriousness of climate change - as well as its evident concern about the law’s potential negative impact on Western Canada’s oil industry.
The European Court of Human Rights delivered its long-awaited first ruling in the climate action case Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v. Switzerland, finding that the European Convention on Human Rights encompasses the right to effective protection from adverse effects of climate change.