Very significant High Court ruling here on the obligations imposed on public bodies by Section 15 of the Climate Act www.independent.ie/irish-news/h... - ThreadSky

codohertynews.bsky.social • 53 days ago

Very significant High Court ruling here on the obligations imposed on public bodies by Section 15 of the Climate Act
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/high-court-rules-an-bord-pleanala-must-prioritise-climate-law-in-wind-farm-case-likely-to-affect-all-public-bodies/a294141249.html

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codohertynews.bsky.social•53 days ago

Judge Richard Humphreys didn't hold back, saying that to downplay those obligations showed "a deeply skewed set of values and an unwillingness to face new realities"

codohertynews.bsky.social•53 days ago

...and the line I may quote forever more to anyone who says climate reporting is too doomy:
"The problem is that the problem is so big that to even describe it factually sounds like scaremongering"

mcbraca.bsky.social•53 days ago

Yes 🙌

esgarchitect.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thank you for posting, Caroline. Is there publicly available transcript of the ruling, or any audio/video of case, please?

codohertynews.bsky.social•49 days ago

Hi, it's all here:
https://www.courts.ie/view/Judgments/c6e01981-1045-4571-af0c-06d260290823/ef6f4957-3e77-41bb-945e-ca3adf49b287/2025_IEHC_1.pdf/pdf

esgarchitect.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thank you.

otternaut.bsky.social•53 days ago

I keep getting kickback from immediate family about not having children, meanwhile almost every single one of us knows someone who's going to starve to death or die of heat exposure, fire or thirst due to climate change.

otternaut.bsky.social•53 days ago

It might be an exchange student you shared a house with in 2004, it might be your neighbour's newborn baby boy, but almost everyone knows someone.

vinnygrey.bsky.social•53 days ago

it might be you or me, who knows

otternaut.bsky.social•53 days ago

Oh no, don't worry that'll be a massive flood sweeping 2-300 cars off a motorway, drowning us in seconds so it'll be quick, at least.

autofac.bsky.social•53 days ago

Full judgement here: https://courts.ie/view/judgments/c6e01981-1045-4571-af0c-06d260290823/ef6f4957-3e77-41bb-945e-ca3adf49b287/2025_IEHC_1.pdf/pdf

andrewlrjackson.bsky.social•53 days ago

As @orlakelleher.bsky.social and I commented in a piece in the Irish Jurist in 2023, this section 15 obligation “may yet prove to be amongst the most impactful of the legal changes made to the Climate Act in 2021”!

lisadangermcnamee.bsky.social•51 days ago

Interesting to note this @irishdocsenv.bsky.social

michaelobr.bsky.social•53 days ago

📌

jlindblu.bsky.social•53 days ago

It would be even better if the High Court examined the effectiveness of requiring intermittent wind or solar energy sources to mitigate environmental and climate effects. https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/IE/72h

darragh.rogan.ie•53 days ago

Could not be more delighted to read this...
Tempted to put in planning application for a bike shed in the front garden, that was rejected due to "visual amenity", on foot of this ruling.
@irishcycle.bsky.social I know tracks a lot of these topics

leoprints.bsky.social•53 days ago

“But an immediate end to business as usual is a precondition for planetary survival.”

johnreynlds.bsky.social•53 days ago

Implications for airport passenger cap?

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