In a historic first, Greenpeace and the Finnish
Foundation for Nature Protection, Suomen Luonnonsuojeluliitto ry,
have filed a large-scale lawsuit with the Supreme Administrative
Court in Finland, alleging breach of the Finnish Climate Act by the
Finnish Government.1
The appeal, dated 28 November 2022, essentially claims that the
Finnish Government has neglected its duty to properly assess and
decide on the need for additional measures pertaining to climate
change mitigation when it decided to provide the Finnish Parliament
with the Annual Climate Report.
According to section 16 of the Finnish Climate Act,
“[t]he Government shall monitor the implementation of the
climate policy plans […] adequately to determine whether the
targets concerning climate change mitigation and adaptation set out
in the plans and the objectives referred to […] will be
achieved. On the basis of the monitoring, the Government shall, if
necessary, decide on the additional measures required
