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Environment-People-Law v. Ministry of Environmental Protection

Geography
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Year
2008
Document Type
Litigation

About this case

Filing year
2008
Status
Application granted
Geography
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Court/admin entity
Ukraine → Lviv → Commercial Court
Case category
Suits against governments (Global) → GHG emissions reduction and trading (Global) → Kyoto Protocol (Global)
Principal law
–
At issue
Sought to compel government action on national greenhouse gas reductions

Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
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Summary

On July 31, 2008, a Ukrainian court ordered the Ministry of Environmental Protection to take certain actions aimed at national greenhouse gas reductions. The Ukrainian public interest organization Environment-People-Law (EPL) sought to compel the Ministry to develop a climate change policy for Ukraine; work towards fulfilling its climate change obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNPCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the National Plan; and raise public awareness on climate change issues.