The Just Security Podcast: A Landmark Court Opinion on the Ocean and Climate Change
The ITLOS decision is a major victory for the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law.
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The ITLOS decision is a major victory for the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law.
The court says states are legally obligated to take all necessary measures to achieve the goal of keeping global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea said emissions from fossil fuels that are absorbed by the oceans count as marine pollution.
Human-produced greenhouse gas emissions absorbed by oceans are marine pollution, said ITLOS in a historic win for small island nations.
A global maritime court has found that greenhouse gases constitute marine pollution, a major breakthrough for small island states threatened by the rise in sea levels caused by global warming.