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On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, the UN General Assembly adopted, by consensus, a resolution asking the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion layout what countries’ obligations are to protect the climate in order to secure human rights. Sandra Nichols Thiam, a climate law specialist at the nonprofit Environmental Institute, discusses the significance of this UNGA action. 

Description: CJP’s Sandra Nichols Thiam joins Beck Anderson to discuss the significance of the UNGA’s resolution asking the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion layout what countries’ obligations are to protect the climate in order to secure human rights.

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Vanuatu is eagerly awaiting the outcome of a landmark move to hold countries, with a legal obligation to deal with climate change, to account. More than 100 countries, including Australia, have backed a push to clarify what nations are required to do in preventing environmental harm. Vice President of Research and Policy at the Environmental Law Institute Sandra Nichols Thiam explains.