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5/15/2025

Speech by Filip Gregor at the public hearing on Reporting Obligations, held by the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs on 13th May 2025

Climate EIA Precedent

In a landmark intervention, in 2010, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) requested a transboundary environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the Prunéřov II brown coal-fired power plant in the Czech Republic. FSM asserted its right to be heard as a sovereign state because the plant’s greenhouse gas emissions may contribute to climate change impacts. We provided FSM with legal support throughout the legal proceedings in the Czech Republic.