Cases

Earthjustice's International Program, along with the Center for International Environmental Law, has worked with the Inuit Circumpolar Conference to submit a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights seeking relief from the impacts of climate change resulting from the United States' failure to take effective action to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. A positive decision on the petition will establish the responsibility of the United States and other major greenhouse gas-emitting nations for the human rights violations resulting from climate change. Such responsibility creates an international obligation to take action to prevent such violations.