UN court rules wealthy nations pay up for climate change damages in controversial global ruling
On Wednesday, the United Nations’s highest court decided that rich countries should comply with fossil fuels and commitments to block pollution, or the risk of financially responsible by the countries that are the most difficult by the nations.
The 15 -member UN International Court of Justice said that agreements forced the rich nations to prevent global warming and that countries are responsible for the judicial or control of their companies.
“States should cooperate to achieve concrete emission reduction goals,” Judge Yuji Iwasawa said in The Hague. “Greenhouse gas emissions are clearly due to regional non -limited human activities.”
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In the report, the lack of this may result in “Compensation, compensation and satisfaction of the wounded states, provided that the general conditions of the state responsibility law is met.
In response to the decision, the White House spokesman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital, “As always, President Trump and the entire administration are determined to prioritize the interests of daily Americans and give priority to daily Americans.”
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the court view confirmed that the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement should be the basis of all climatic policies.
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“This is a victory of our planet, climate justice and the power of young people to make a difference,” he said. “The world must answer.”
Wednesday’s decision was greeted by a series of small nation states.
“I didn’t expect this to be so good,” said Ralph Regenvanu, the Minister of Climate of Vanuatu Pacific Island.
Many developing countries and small island states, said they are at great risk from rising sea levels. Some have asked the court after the 2015 Paris Agreement did not prevent the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions.
