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facilitating children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy.

of planetary crises: a) acknowledging the combined impacts of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss on children, including the importance of considering the best available science when dealing with health harms; b) more explicit recognition of the role of civil society organisations in

...that links human rights, mental health, and climate change in ways that can drive meaningful progress. Full issue is available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Special thanks also to @lancegable.bsky.social for the insightful and thought-provoking commentary. I fully agree that expanding research, regulation, advocacy, and institutional support - alongside litigation - is essential to building a multifaceted approach.. 2/3
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This book is a vital resource - not only for scholars and practitioners of climate litigation, but also for anyone with an interest in transnational and comparative environmental law, and related fields.

pollution has been facing the well-known challenges of anti-regulatory lobbying, similar to those encountered in earlier negotiations on climate change and other planetary crises. 2/2
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- Each State that has suffered harm can seek responsibility of all States that have contributed to that harm, reparations determined on a case-by-case basis.

- If States fail to take appropriate action with regard to climate change (including failure to properly regulate the conduct of private parties), this may constitute a wrongful act under international law;

- States have a duty to cooperate and act in good faith to make a meaningful global response;

- States must ensure that nationally determined contributions meet the standards under the Paris Agreement;

- States must act with due diligence and make best efforts to meet their mitigation and adaptation obligations – standard of diligence is high;

- Recognizes that a healthy environment is a precondition for full enjoyment of human rights and that climate change can endanger various rights including to life, health, etc. Human rights law is also applicable to climate change.

- Recognizes the applicability of a broader body of international law - including the law of the sea, international environmental law on biodiversity, air quality, etc, and customary international law to climate change;

- ICJ recognizes the existential and planetary threat of climate change, extraterritoriality of GHG emissions, and the best available science;

..consideration of the intertwined nature of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. 3/3 @cambridgeup.bsky.social

...the impacts on mental health have received overwhelmingly less attention. And yet, the rights-based approach to climate change and mental health already exists at the international and domestic levels, although it is still in its very early days and needs significant development, including ...2/3