The Norwegian Grandparents’ Climate Campaign and others v. Norway

The application relates to a judgment of the Norwegian Supreme Court given in the course of judicial review of a governmental decision of June 10, 2016, granting ten oil production licenses in the Barents sea, entailing in particular, exclusive rights to survey, exploration drilling, and production of petroleum deposits in areas covered by the licenses. Five complaints were submitted at the same time. The applicants are the NGO The Norwegian Grandparents’ Climate Campaign, as well as four individuals (at the time of submission a 29 year old, a 32 year old and their 9 month old son as well as an 80 year old). They complained under Articles 2, 3, 8, and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention alone and in conjunction with Article 14 about infringements of the Norwegian authorities’ climate obligations by their petroleum activities in the Barents Sea in the Arctic Ocean.