Climate Triumph in World’s Highest Court
The International Court of Justice at The Hague has ruled that countries are legally obliged to prevent harms caused by climate change.
Judges clarified the legal obligations that countries have to protect the Earth’s climate system for current and future generations.
They also clarified the legal consequences for nations that fail to do so, threatening major implications for fossil-fuel producing nations and ensuring a definite managed phase out of the production of fossil fuels.
Bizarrely taking the stance of enemies to humanity and its future generations, countries including the UK, USA and Australia tried in vain to argue against the ruling.
The case is the climax of a path that started with students in Vanuatu in 2019.
The small pacific nation is prone to cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, flooding rain and drought, the risks of which are compounded by climate change.
The court’s findings should signal a new era for climate justice and influence a wave of worldwide climate litigation.
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