The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court issued its Advisory Opinion in the case Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway) brought against the Norwegian State.

The Court agrees with the organisations and confirms that under European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) law, climate assessments for new fossil fuel projects must include not only the emissions produced at the drilling site, but also those resulting from the subsequent combustion of the extracted oil and gas, wherever it takes place. The Norwegian government was therefore wrong to exclude these downstream emissions when approving new drilling.

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Victory for youth and environmentalists in European supranational court: oil and gas climate impacts must be counted