On 22 December 2020, the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled on its first climate case. It dealt with the claim that petroleum licences, issued by the Norwegian government, violate the ‘right to a healthy environment’ as contained in the Norwegian Constitution. The Court rejected the claim and found that the constitutional protection of the environment applies not as a right but as a substantive limit to governmental action, and only in very limited circumstances. Rather than taking the opportunity to give guidance on this constitutional provision, the Court provided a judgment that aligned law with the current politics in favour of continuous petroleum extraction on Norwegian territory.

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挪威最高法院的第一个气候判决：使法律与政治保持一致

2020 年 12 月 22 日，挪威最高法院对其首个气候案件作出裁决。它处理了挪威政府颁发的石油许可证违反了挪威宪法所载的“享有健康环境的权利”的主张。法院驳回了这一主张，并认为宪法对环境的保护不是作为一项权利而是作为对政府行为的实质性限制，并且仅在非常有限的情况下适用。法院没有借此机会就这一宪法条款提供指导，而是提供了一项判决，使法律与当前政治保持一致，有利于在挪威领土上持续开采石油。