Two Heroes Challenging the Powerful
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The Legal Obligations of Rich Countries for High Emissions
Law students and Vanuatu have convinced the United Nations to seek an advisory opinion from the international court of justice based in the Hague. The plea was supported by 120 industrialized countries including Britain, France and Germany. What do you think of that effort to clarify the legal obligations of rich countries for their high emissions? I think that's very much necessary because that has been a quarrel between say poor and rich countries since the very beginning of the climate change convention.
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