At COP-30, Judges Push Common Standards for Climate Cases as STF Flags 350,000 Amazon Actions

Overview

• Brazilian and international jurists opened the Day of Justice at COP-30 in Belém with participation from the presidents of the STF and STJ and representatives of foreign courts.
• STF president Edson Fachin reported about 350,000 environmental lawsuits pending in the Amazon and said magistrates plan to sign a climate judges’ declaration today.
• Fachin highlighted Supreme Court rulings that secured climate policy financing, including the decision declaring any contingency of the Climate Fund unconstitutional.
• Former STF president Luís Roberto Barroso said the judiciary plays an important role but cannot lead systemic climate policy because implementation depends on the executive and legislature.
• STJ minister Paulo Sérgio Domingues emphasized the need for shared protocols and metrics to attribute local pollution to global warming and called for firm action against illegal deforestation while distinguishing lawful agribusiness.