Climate emergency: will countries soon be doomed?
The International Court of Justice issued a major advisory opinion on Wednesday, July 23, concerning the obligations of states regarding global warming, the result of the mobilization of those in the Pacific. This could lead to major upheavals in future climate disputes.
Two questions were posed to him. First, to what extent are they obliged, under international law, to protect the planet from anthropogenic CO2 emissions—primarily induced by fossil fuels—for current and future generations? Second, what do these imperatives imply in the event of failure for countries whose emissions have caused irreversible environmental damage, primarily to the detriment of island nations, which are particularly vulnerable due to their geographical location? Sarah Nedjar and Antoine Portoles discuss the issue.
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