The Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights to which the case Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and Others, no. 39371/20, had been allocated has relinquished jurisdiction in favour of the Grand Chamber of the Court.

The case concerns the polluting greenhouse gas emissions from 33 member States, which in the applicants’ view contribute to the phenomenon of global warming resulting, among other things, in heatwaves affecting the applicants’ living conditions and health.

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