Some countries are calling for the elimination of a process known as “investor-state dispute settlement”.
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The window of opportunity to limit global warming to 1.5°C is closing. Here’s how countries can be held to account with climate targets.
Green lawyers are using the new global climate change legal opinion to challenge Shell in South Africa, and resist the expansion of fossil fuel industries.
The consequences of the recent climate change ruling by the International Court of Justice are enormous, both legally and politically.
Four international courts are due to deliver advisory opinions on how governments are legally responsible for climate justice.
Subsidising fossil fuel exploration seems contrary to New Zealand’s international commitment to phase out incentives for the industry. It also erodes human rights to a healthy environment.
The International Court of Justice is hearing testimony from climate crisis-affected nations and will issue the first ever legal advice on governments’ legal obligations to prevent climate change.
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Postdoctoral Researcher, International Climate Politics, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Founding Director, Centre for Britain and Europe, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Surrey
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Legal Researcher, PhD Candidate and Lead of the African Climate Law Programme, Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director of the Global Environmental Law Centre; Associate Professor Department of Public Law & Jurisprudence, University of the Western Cape