Analysis-World Court Climate Opinion Turns up the Legal Heat on Governments

Analysis-World Court Climate Opinion Turns up the Legal Heat on Governments

ESG News Recap: Legal Pressure Follows World Court Opinion

The World Court’s new opinion urges governments to take stronger climate action, to avoid violating international law and human rights obligations.

ICJ Ruling Sets Legal Benchmark for Global Climate Action

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered a landmark ruling that could reshape the global climate action landscape, establishing clear legal obligations for nations to combat climate change. In a unanimous advisory opinion, the UN’s highest judicial body declared climate change an “urgent and existential threat,” marking the first time the World Court has weighed in on the issue. Source

Analysis-World Court climate opinion turns up the legal heat on governments - Regional Media News

By Alison Withers and Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations’ highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is already being cited in courtrooms, as lawyers say it strengthens the legal arguments in suits against countries and companies. The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, last Wednesday laid out the duty of states to limit harm from greenh…

Bennett urges climate reparations for Afghanistan amid rising environmental shocks

Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, said on Monday that countries most affected by climate change, including Afghanistan, should be compensated under international human rights law. His comments followed a landmark advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on states’ obligations to protect the climate and environment. The court concluded that governments have bindi…