International Court of Justice
Leaders and academics emphasise climate cooperation as legal obligation
States have a legal obligation to work together to phase out fossil fuels, leaders and legal experts have stressed during inaugural talks on phasing out fossil fuels in Colombia.
There was a strong focus on science at the Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels conference, held in the port city of
Did the ICJ advisory opinion shift the dial at COP30?
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
Climate advisory opinions boost Mexico NDC displacement measures
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
Through the looking glass: How the ICJ watered down its advisory opinion
Two weeks ago, I published an article about the next steps for the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) landmark advisory opinion on climate change. Today, I’m taking a look at it from a different angle.
A lot of attention was paid to the fact that the advisory opinion
Young people forced the International Court of Justice to take a legal stand on climate change. What now?
There was a huge moment for international law in July, when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) published its long-awaited advisory opinion (AO) on climate change.
Thousands of words have already been expended analysing the impacts of this 133-page document on different parts of the world, including Africa, the US,
‘A shot in the arm for climate litigation’: 13 things we learned from the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) published its long-awaited advisory opinion on climate change yesterday.Â
It follows in the judicial footsteps of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) which concluded earlier this month that there is a human right to a healthy climate and the International Tribunal for the