Australia

A large percentage of Australian climate litigation has concerned Environmental impact assessment and environmental permitting requirements, often for proposed coal mines. Notably, Australian state courts have generally agreed that direct GHG emissions should be considered in the permitting process, but have diverged in regards to indirect, or “downstream,” emissions. In the past, they have not usually found emissions sufficient to justify rejection of a proposed project, but more recent cases suggest that they may be becoming more inclined to support rejecting a project principally on climate grounds

Cases

 * Case in the International Criminal Court (ICC)
 * Petition of Torres Strait Islanders to the United Nations Human Rights Committee

Financial Disclosure Cases

 * McVeigh v. Retail Employees Superannuation Trust
 * O’Donnell v. Commonwealth

Blocking fossil fuel projects

 * Gloucester Resources Limited v. Minister for Planning
 * Gray v. Minister for Planning
 * Sharma v. Minister for the Environment
 * Youth Verdict v. Waratah Coal

Organizations

 * Environmental Law Australia