The State Duty Not to Approve New Fossil Fuels

2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Elizabeth Donger
DOI: 10.59704/9eb520751788b5e6
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Abstract

A growing number of cases worldwide are challenging State approval of new fossil fuel projects: from Ireland to Guyana, Greece to South Africa. UN Secretary General, António Guterres, describes such projects as “moral and economic madness”. But since 2021, over 2,300 new extraction projects and 119 new LNG Terminals have been approved for development worldwide. States’ approval of new fossil fuel projects is fundamentally incompatible with their international law duties.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Energy Law and Policy Environmental law and policy International Environmental Law and Policies

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Publication date
28 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint