Carballo, et al. v. State of the Province of Buenos Aires and the Provincial Agency for Sustainable Development

On October 20, 2017, a coalition of individuals filed an action against the Province of Buenos Aires and the Provincial Agency for Sustainable Development alleging irregularities in the environmental authorization for the UGEN SA thermoelectric plant, located in the city of Barker, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The complaint relies on the Paris Agreement as well as a number of international human rights treaties. The plaintiffs also requested a precautionary halt of the installation and operation of the thermoelectric plant which was rejected by the Administrative Court of Azul. This rejection was upheld by the Supreme Court of Buenos Aires and the National Supreme Court.