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This year, two of the most important climate litigation cases in which ESCR-Net has intervened had rulings from the European Court of Human Rights. On April 9, 2024, the Court handed down long-awaited judgments in two cases examining States’ climate change obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights: the cases of KlimaSeniorinnen and Duarte Agostinho.

The 60th climate negotiation sessions – or ‘SB60’- just concluded in Bonn, Germany. Among other issues, SB60 addressed the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) and the post-2025 climate finance goals, also known as the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). The negotiations aim to lead to agreement on both issues at this year’s Conference of Parties (COP29) in Azerbaijan. ESCR-Net members closely followed SB60, actively (link is external)engaged(link is external) in various cross-constituency actions guided by collective analysis established post COP28 in Dubai.

The Socfin Group’s oil palm and rubber plantations occupy 190,000 hectares (469,500 acres) in eight countries in West and Central Africa and two in Southeast Asia. Their operations have led to allegations of sexual and gender-based violence, inadequate compensation and ongoing land rights litigation.