The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: a legal campaign for climate justice [Video]

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Bula. We are Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change, and we are campaigning for an Advisory Opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate change and human rights.

The climate crisis is an existential threat to the Pacific. For us, it is a matter of survival. The world isn’t taking climate change seriously. Carbon pollution continues to rise as the window for action slowly closes upon us. Vulnerable communities who did not cause the climate crisis are already experiencing the most severe impacts of it.

By seeking the clarification from the world’s highest court, we’re looking for guidance from the court that would be transformational in guiding ambition, accountability and fairness in the global climate response mechanism. We demand a strong Advisory Opinion that will uphold climate justice and human rights.

The existential impacts of climate change on human lives and fundamental human rights necessitates legal clarity in the …