{"id":229326,"date":"2023-03-01T20:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=229326"},"modified":"2023-03-01T20:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:54:05","slug":"international-courts-and-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/international-courts-and-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"International courts and climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cInternational courts and climate change\u201d <\/strong>published in The Hindu <\/strong>on 1st March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- International relations<\/p>\n

Relevance:<\/strong> Legal issues related to climate change<\/p>\n

News-<\/strong> A group of 16 countries led by Vanuatu seeks an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the issue of climate change.<\/p>\n

What are the various jurisdictions of ICJ? <\/strong>The ICJ has two types of jurisdictions: contentious and advisory. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Contentious jurisdiction<\/strong>– It refers to resolving legal disputes<\/strong> between consenting states,<\/p>\n

Advisory jurisdiction<\/strong>– Under it, the UN General Assembly, the Security Council and other specialised bodies of the UN can request the ICJ for an opinion on a legal question. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike contentious jurisdiction, the ICJ\u2019s advisory opinions are non-binding<\/strong>. Yet, they carry normative weigh<\/strong>t and clarify international law on a relevant issue.<\/p>\n

What are the legal opinions sought by Vanuatu from in its draft resolution?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First, <\/strong>what are the international law obligations of countries<\/strong> toward the protection of the climate system from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases?<\/p>\n

ICJ will not only interpret and clarify the existing international climate change law<\/strong> but also use the general and customary international law<\/strong> to fill the gaps in these treaties. Thus, the ICJ can use the \u2018no-harm\u2019 principle.<\/p>\n

Second,<\/strong> what are the legal consequences for states<\/strong> that have caused significant harm to the climate system, the SID states and other people of the present and future generations?<\/p>\n

This question seeks to determine the price that states should pay for not honouring their international legal obligations on climate change<\/strong>. As part of climate justice,<\/strong> there is a long-standing demand for climate reparations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The rich countries have historically caused maximum greenhouse gas emissions. They should compensate developing countries<\/strong> that are disproportionately impacted by climate change.<\/p>\n

They have sought the advisory opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea <\/strong>(ITLOS).<\/p>\n

ITLOS has been requested to determine the specific obligations <\/strong>of the countries under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea<\/strong> about preventing and reducing pollution of the marine environment<\/strong>. The challenges of ocean warming, sea level rise and ocean acidification are all linked to the marine environment.<\/p>\n

What should be the approach of the international community towards the advisory jurisdiction of ICJ on climate change?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

These advisory opinions are not a panacea. They may even turn out to be double edged swords <\/strong>depending on the kind of verdict delivered.<\/p>\n

The role of international court<\/strong>s should be welcomed. Developed countries and groupings like the G\u00ad20 should support these laudable initiatives of the SID states.<\/p>\n

Environment and climate sustainability<\/strong> are important themes of G\u00ad20. India, as the president of the G\u00ad20, should take a lead given its relentless emphasis on LiFE campaign<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cInternational courts and climate change\u201d published in The Hindu on 1st March 2023. Syllabus: GS2- International relations Relevance: Legal issues related to climate change News- A group of 16 countries led by Vanuatu seeks an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the issue of… Continue reading International courts and climate change<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-229326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704878859},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}