Robert Hodgson
@hodgson.bsky.social
journalist
energy, environment and transport editor at euractiv.com
former senior environment and energy reporter at euronews.com
former Brussels bureau chief for endseurope.com
energy, environment and transport editor at euractiv.com
former senior environment and energy reporter at euronews.com
former Brussels bureau chief for endseurope.com
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🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
July 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
An incomparably more informed and expert take can be found here: bsky.app/profile/duyc...
So there we have it: the UN Court holds that failure to implement the Paris Agreement (i.e. strive to arrest global heating at 1.5 degrees) can be construed as a violation of human rights.
July 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So there we have it: the UN Court holds that failure to implement the Paris Agreement (i.e. strive to arrest global heating at 1.5 degrees) can be construed as a violation of human rights.
“States must therefore take their obligations under international human rights law into account when implementing their obligations under the climate change treaties and other relevant environmental treaties.”
July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“States must therefore take their obligations under international human rights law into account when implementing their obligations under the climate change treaties and other relevant environmental treaties.”
"[T]he adverse effects of climate change may significantly impair...such human rights as the right to health, the right to an adequate standard of living, which...encompasses access to food, water and housing...privacy, and the rights of women, children and indigenous people.”
July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"[T]he adverse effects of climate change may significantly impair...such human rights as the right to health, the right to an adequate standard of living, which...encompasses access to food, water and housing...privacy, and the rights of women, children and indigenous people.”
"Rather than being entirely discretionary, as some participants argue, NDCs must satisfy certain standards under the Paris Agreement."
July 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Rather than being entirely discretionary, as some participants argue, NDCs must satisfy certain standards under the Paris Agreement."
It should be up to at least 282 now.
May 15, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It should be up to at least 282 now.
Reposted by Robert Hodgson
Reposted by Robert Hodgson
The UK's full climate plan is now out (NDC), all 74 pages of it:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
UK's 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement
Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to provide clarity, transparency and understanding on the UK's NDC target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at ...
www.gov.uk
January 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The UK's full climate plan is now out (NDC), all 74 pages of it:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...