In November 2022, Greenpeace Nordic and the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court, claiming that the Finnish Government failed to take sufficient climate action. In June 2023, the Court dismissed the case on procedural grounds based on a well-established legal doctrine of Finnish administrative law that inaction by public authorities does not constitute a justiciable matter. Legal experts consider this outcome a positive development, as it sets a precedent for future climate change cases in Finnish courts and challenges the traditional legal doctrine in the context of the rule of law and the protection of fundamental human rights, while also emphasizing the government's obligation to enforce climate framework laws.
