EVENT INFORMATION

23
July
2025

ICJ clarifies states’ obligations concerning climate change

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📅 23 July 2025 📍 Netherlands

The Court issued an advisory opinion finding that states have binding obligations under international law to protect the climate system. Pacific island states and other vulnerable countries had helped drive the legal initiative, challenging the idea that major emitters face no accountability for transboundary harm.

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Iwasawa Yuji

Ralph Regenvanu

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International Court of Justice

United Nations General Assembly