Students for Climate Solutions Inc v Minister of Energy and Resources - [2024] 2 NZLR 822

Judicial review — Climate change — Lawfulness of Ministerial decision — Decision to grant two petroleum exploration permits — Whether climate change considerations were mandatory relevant consideration — Overarching purpose of Crown Minerals Act — “For the benefit of New Zealand” — Whether purpose of legislation incorporated climate change considerations — Ability to take Climate Change Response Act into account — Whether decision maker failed to have proper regard to principles of Treaty of Waitangi — Impact of climate change on Māori — International obligations — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1771 UNTS 107.