Climate Change Litigation: A Global Tendency

Abstract

Twenty years ago, in 1992, Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration remarked that “environmental issues are best handled with the participation of all concerned citizens, at the relevant level”. To put this into practice, the member countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in 1998 adopted the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention). The objective of this convention is to guarantee three pillars of environmental rights: access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to justice (collectively referred to as “Green Access Rights”). These pillars