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It has no force of law, is utterly non-binding, but, it’s Super Important, you know!

World Court to issue climate change opinion on July 23

The top United Nations court will on July 23 issue a nonbinding opinion on countries’ legal obligation to fight climate change, a decision expected to be cited in climate change-driven litigation around the world, the court said on Monday.

The so-called advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, is also expected to address whether large states contributing the most to greenhouse-gas emissions should be liable for damage caused to small island nations.

So, it’s utterly meaningless, just a court ruling for the climate cult on feelings? What laws will this ruling be based on? We all know that they will rule in favor of the Cult of Climastrology, right?

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a similar opinion last week finding that its 20 Latin American and Caribbean member states must cooperate to tackle climate change and not take actions that set back environmental protections.

I never got around to addressing that ruling, it’s just sitting in my Instapaper account (much better than Pocket, which is closing down, BTW). And not one article I read on the subject featured any reporter asking the members of that court if they had given up their own use of fossil fuels and gone carbon neutral in their own lives. I’d love to see someone sue through that court over the Amazon being cut down to build road for COP30, as well as block the 40K who plan to fly in to Brazil.

During two weeks of hearings before the World Court in December, wealthy countries of the global north broadly argued that existing climate treaties like the Paris Agreement, which are largely nonbinding, should be the basis for deciding countries’ responsibilities.

The Let’s Go Brandon Admin was involved, I believe, but, the Trump admin will blow any ruling off.

The World Court’s advisory opinion is part of a global wave of climate litigation as countries, organizations and individuals are increasingly turning to courts for climate action.

While nonbinding, the court’s interpretations of law carry a lot of legal and political weight. Experts say its opinion could set a precedent in climate change-driven lawsuits in courts from Europe to Latin America and beyond.

Well, we in the U.S. can watch other nations destroy their economies while taking away freedom, liberty, money, and life choices from the peasants. None of this will change the lives of the Elites.