Keep drilling and don’t worry about GHGs, says the Norwegian Supreme Court

On December 22, 2020, the Norwegian Supreme Court dealt a hard blow to the fight against climate change. The Court confirmed (in Norwegian) the validity of a 2016 royal decree granting ten production licences in the Barents Sea, dismissing the claims that drilling activities violate the right to a clean environment enshrined under Article 112 of the Constitution and the right to life and the right to privacy, family life and home protected under Articles 2 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

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