ICJ to clarify climate protection obligations

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to clarify what obligations states have to protect their own and other populations from climate change. A corresponding resolution by Vanuatu was supported by 86 states on Friday, including Germany, Costa Rica and Sierra Leone. After the COP27 climate summit in Egypt ends, Vanuatu and its supporters plan to formulate a legal question to the UN General Assembly for a vote in mid-December, and then submit it to the ICJ. This requires a simple majority in the UN General Assembly.