The implications of the European Court of Human Rights' climate rulings for climate litigation in Ireland: a new legal reality
Authors: Andrew Jackson and Orla Kelleher
Date of publication: October 2025
This article explores how recent climate rulings by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) — particularly KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland and Duarte Agostinho v Portugal and 32 Other States — reshape the legal landscape for climate litigation in Ireland.
