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In its unanimous advisory opinion the ICJ, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, ruled that countries have an obligation to protect the environment from greenhouse gas emissions and to act with due diligence and co-operation to fulfill this obligation. (Wikimedia Commons)
CLIMATE CHANGE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY

Countries are legally liable for climate inaction, International Court of Justice rules

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the planet, according to a recent landmark ruling of the…

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
In Nigeria, oil extraction continues to pollute the Niger Delta.
AFRICA

The African Union must include climate reparations on its agenda

Reparations are not only for slavery and colonialism, it’s also for the Global North’s environmental legacy and their disproportionate carbon emissions that harm Africa

  • Karabo Mokgonyana
5 min read