52/🚨The Court then delivers a powerful statement: failure of a state to take appropriate action to regulate fossil fuel consumption, the granting of fossil fuel licences, fossil fuel subsidies may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state
29/ Drawing from the provisions of the UN Climate Agreements, the Court stresses in particular 5 principles:
🔹common but differentiated responsibilities & respective capabilities
🔸precautionary approach of principle
🔹sustainable development
🔸equity
🔹intergenerational equity
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
For the co-authors here in BSky, big thanks!
@bjornsamset.bsky.social @sciencedjv.bsky.social @aditimukherji.bsky.social @nanduj123.bsky.social @jdmaasakkers.bsky.social @perssonasa.bsky.social @wendyjb.bsky.social @sophiehebden.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social
The tongue of the Salmon glacier in an eroded valley in British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Sébastien Lecocq / Alamy Stock Photo
NEW – Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns | @AyeshaTandon w/comment from @drheidisevestre.bsky.social
@aditimukherji.bsky.social Sahana Subramaniam @jdkirkham.bsky.social Tenzing C. Sherpa
Read here: www.carbonbrief.org/glacier-melt...
“Threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius warming is close to being met” SciDev
1 New research must fill evidence gaps to reduce agricultural emissions,
2 improve food systems
3 Science should look to make low-emissions technology accessible
By: Aditi Mukherji
IPCC author
@aditimukherji.bsky.social
It was such a bizarre thing to hear.
Lovely to see you here in #KL.
@carbonbrief.org On the legal issues at stake and the wider significance of the International Court of Justice advisory opinion regarding the obligations of states in respect of climate change
Proceedings : www.icj-cij.org/case/187/req...
Explanation : www.carbonbrief.org/interview-pr...
At the @ipcc.bsky.social AR7 Scoping Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Great discussions so far.
