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Courts are shaping climate action
Oped, Francesca Mascha Klein & Laura Schäfer, Published on 03/11/2025
» Amid rising geopolitical tensions, pressure to comply with climate obligations increasingly comes from courts. Earlier this year, both the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued landmark advisory opinions affirming that countries must address climate change, and that failure to do so may carry serious legal consequences.
Generational trust
Postbag, Published on 30/08/2025
» Re: "Tiny Vanuatu steps up to protect the climate", (Commentary, Aug 28).
Tiny Vanuatu steps up to protect the climate
Oped, Antara Haldar, Published on 28/08/2025
» Although the International Court of Justice (ICJ) turned 80 this year, there is a sense in which it has never felt younger. In a David-versus-Goliath moment, the tiny Pacific Island state of Vanuatu recently changed international law forever by bringing the world's most important issue before its highest court. The result is an ICJ advisory opinion on "the legal obligations of states in respect of climate change", as requested -- at Vanuatu's urging -- by the UN General Assembly (with 132 states co-sponsoring the resolution).
New Caledonia pragmatism pips nationalism
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/09/2024
» With the sole exception of the fifty people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago. France, by contrast, has a half million citizens in the Pacific (and another two million living in other bits of its former empire on islands in all the world's major oceans).
Solar geoengineering won't help
News, Yacob Mulugetta & Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe & Niclas Hällström, Published on 15/04/2024
» At the most recent United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), held in Nairobi, African countries took a strong stand against potential new technologies that, if developed, could tip an already disrupted climate into chaos.
Fossil-fuel industry tactics abetting climate crisis
Oped, Lili Fuhr, Published on 01/09/2023
» As the world grapples with an unprecedented confluence of devastating floods, wildfires, and droughts, the debate about how to address the escalating climate crisis is increasingly distorted by big-business interests peddling false remedies and promoting deceptive narratives.
Climate change at the world courts
Oped, Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Published on 06/07/2023
» Last February, the UN secretary-general informed the UN Security Council during a debate about the implications of rising sea levels on international peace and security, with mega-cities on every continent facing serious impacts.
Menstrual health and climate crisis
News, Bjorn Andersson, Published on 29/05/2023
» Menstruation is too often treated as a taboo topic and this stigma is pronounced in emergencies, where the challenges of managing menstruation are amplified. Asia and the Pacific are especially vulnerable to climate change, with droughts, floods and extreme storms that will continue to devastate critical infrastructure.
World Cup follies
Oped, Postbag, Published on 05/11/2022
» Re: "Plan to air World Cup now in doubt", (BP, Nov 3).
Mysterious allure of being French
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/10/2020
» On Sunday New Caledonia voted to remain French by a majority of 53.3% to 46.%. That's hardly an overwhelming majority, but it was the second referendum in two years to reject independence in the South Pacific archipelago, so we may take it as a done deal.