Overview
- The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights said the ruling was unanimous and that there had been no violation.
- The case was filed in 2022 by six young Norwegians with Greenpeace and Young Friends of the Earth over 10 Barents Sea exploration licences issued in 2016.
- The court acknowledged early shortcomings in Norway’s impact assessment process but deemed them remedied and not infringing the right to private and family life.
- All of the licences were later returned after no exploitable reserves were found, according to AFP.
- Norway, western Europe’s largest oil and gas producer, welcomed the outcome, with the energy minister calling it positive.