In a world characterized by increasing violence, instability and disrespect for international law, the UN General Assembly’s ability to pass a resolution welcoming and affirming the ICJ advisory opinion on the climate obligations of states is a measure of whether the international legal system still functions as it should.
Isabella Kaminski
Isabella Kaminski is a U.K. based journalist who focuses on environmental and climate reporting. She was deputy editor of The ENDS Report and as a freelancer has written for the Guardian, BBC, Independent, Climate Liability News, Climate Home, DeSmog, Undark, Hakai and others. She has been writing about climate litigation since 2016, and covers international climate litigation in her newsletter The Wave.
Posted inLitigation and Law
Court Orders Hungarian Government to Toughen Climate Plans
Hungary’s Constitutional Court has demanded its government write a real climate law, but it remains to be seen which government will win power in the next election and whether it will take this ruling seriously.
Posted inInternational climate negotiations, Litigation and Law
Climate-vulnerable Nations Look to World’s Top Court as COP29 Ends in Bitter Truce
Disappointed in the outcome of COP29, nations on the frontlines of the climate crisis will get their day in court this December.
Posted inClimate Justice
How UK courts became the new climate protest battleground
Since the passage of a new law curtailing protest rights in 2022, the U.K. has been on a rapid path to repression.
Posted inDrilled
S10, Ep15: How UK Courts Became the New Climate Protest Battleground
Since the passage of a new law curtailing protest rights in 2022, the U.K. has been on a rapid path to repression.