With temperatures set to considerably exceed the critical limit of 1.5 ° C of warming above the pre-industrial levels, our planet is in a state of climate emergency. Our ability to resist the environmental assault is pushed to the edge, especially in small island states such as my country of origin, Trinidad and Tobago and other vulnerable nations.
Recognizing this urgency, the member states of the United Nations have request An advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the climatic obligations of individual nations. Governments could use their advice to understand and legislate their own moral tasks, but they are not legally linked …
