Cases challenging the government for authorising a specific project that leads to increased emissions or ineffective adaptation.

Cases mentioned

Supreme Administrative Court 29.12.2017/6894, KHO 2017:202, Finlex Data Bank

For more country specific context and relevant national climate change law see: https://climate-laws.org/geographies/finland

This country report has been produced by Marta Solari, Research Assistant, Catherine Hall, C2LI Senior Research Assistant and Lennart Wegener, C2LI Legal Analyst with the collaboration of Erkki J. Hollo, C2LI National Rapporteur for Finland. The summary is based on Erkki J. Hollo, “Climate Change and the Individual in the Finnish Legal System” in F. Sindico and M. Moise Mbengue, Comparative Climate Change Litigation: Beyond the Usual Suspects, Springer, 2021.