International: UN agrees to seek ICJ opinion on climate and human rights

Less than five months have passed since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) produced its landmark advisory opinion (AO) on climate change. The document has already been woven into the narrative of new climate litigation and wedged into existing legal cases, and judges are starting to reference it in their

The community of El Bosque in México's southern state of Tabasco managed to use international courts' advisory opinions on climate change as leverage in recent negotiations with the Mexican government over its latest nationally determined contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement. The village, where most residents have