Image via Wikipedia“A large part of the relevant legal literature suggests that the main polluting nations can be held responsible under international law for the harmful effects of their greenhouse-gas emissions,” says attorney Christoph Schwarte of the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), a UK-based environmental law group.
“As a result affected countries may have a substantive right to demand the cessation of a certain amount of emissions. In selected cases they also have the procedural means to pursue an inter-state litigation in an international judicial forum such as the International Court of Justice in The Hague.”
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Can developing countries really demand from developed countries to stop their emissions? Will these developed countries listen? What sanctions could developing countries implement against developed countries? I'm not quite sure if this is possible. We'll just hope it succeeds.
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