🌍⚖️ Seb Duyck | @duycks.bsky.social
@duycks
Senior Attorney - #ClimateJustice & right to healthy environment at @CIEL_tweets | demystifying international law, one emoji at a time
READ HERE: The summary of the #ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. go.icj-cij.org/4kYgfKy
🎉Still processing the historic Advisory Opinion from the @CIJ_ICJ. Along with @UN_SPExperts colleagues, we’ll soon share our analysis. #advisoryopinion For now, I just want to share that this moment evidences the end of an era and the start of a new one. 👇🏽
MULTIMEDIA: Photos and videos of the reading of the #ICJ Advisory Opinion on States Obligations in Respect of Climate Change are available here: go.icj-cij.org/3GZPqHK
Milestone for people & our planet with sweeping #ICJ advisory opinion on #ClimateChange! It affirms Govts’ obligations to protect our climate & environment & uphold our human rights. This is a roadmap for #ClimateJustice, remedies for harm & a just transition for all. @CIJ_ICJ
There is a lot to unpack in this ICJ opinion - and Seb and others are doing a great job of describing as the opinion is read - but I want to highlight the Court’s historic and emphatic recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment!
🔥⚖️🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳🧑⚖️ @CIJ_ICJ International Court of Justice - this ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability 📝🧵Live thread below with context, summary and analysis 👇 #ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
A Big Day for #ClimateJustice! #ICJAO confirms achieving the 1.5°C is not just our moral duty, but a binding obligation of all countries under the Paris Agreement. States are must ensure highest ambition in Nationally Determined Contributions to hold the 1.5°C limit. #SIDSLead
Under customary international law, States have duty to prevent significant harm to the environment, including risk of significant harm. Environment includes climate. Because of level of risk and harm from climate change are high, the standard of due diligence is more demanding.
🌍 BREAKING: Climate impunity ends today - by order of the world’s highest court. The @CIJ_ICJ has spoken: ✅ States are legally obliged to act ✅ Inaction = human rights violation ✅ Polluters must be held accountable This is a legal revolution for our planet.