La opinión consultiva sobre obligaciones de los estados frente al cambio climático: ¿el inicio de una nueva etapa en el camino hacia la justicia climática?

Jose Félix Pinto-Bazurco Barandiarán

doi:10.38180/rpdi.v0i173.333

Authors

Jose Félix Pinto-Bazurco Barandiarán University of Lima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38180/rpdi.v0i173.333

Keywords:

International Court of Justice, United Nations General Assembly, International Law, International Environmental Law, climate change litigation, advisory opinion, international courts, climate change

Abstract

The General Assembly of the United Nations recently sent a request to the International Court of Justice to prepare an advisory opinion to clarify two Relevant Issues on State Responsibility in International Law regarding climate change: (a) What are the obligations of the States to guarantee the protection of the climate and environment of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse? and (b) What are the legal consequences for States, when, for their actions and omissions, have caused significant damage to the climate system and environment environment, particularly to the most vulnerable States and to the peoples and individuals of present and future generations? This article analyzes the content of the request and the possible effects of the advisory opinion.

Author Biography

Jose Félix Pinto-Bazurco Barandiarán, University of Lima

Jurist specialising in international environmental law. PhD in public international law (JLU-Giessen), full member of the Peruvian Society of International Law, member of the Committee for the Implementation and Compliance of the Paris Agreement and of the World Commission on Environmental Law of the World Conservation Union.

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