International climate change litigation reached a milestone on May 21, 2024 when the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivered an advisory opinion sought by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law concerning the specific obligations of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on climate change …
World court rules countries must protect oceans by reducing fossil fuel emissions as island states fight for survival. Nine small island states have won a historic climate change case at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which ruled that all signatories to a United Nations treaty on marine activities must do more to protect the world’s oceans …
In mid-September, the prime ministers of Tuvalu and Antigua and Barbuda gave evidence in a landmark case brought before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, Germany. The two prime ministers represented a coalition known as the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law, which consists of a number of Pacific and …
