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Governments and environmental groups are turning to international courts to address the impacts of climate change - podcast

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By Daniel Merino, Nehal El-Hadi Verified, Jackie Smith Verified, Niak Sian Koh, Zoe Nay
| The Conversation Verified
This year, the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) — the world’s highest court — is hearing its first argument about climate commitments. In an effort to make sure countries and corporations follow existing laws and agreements relating to climate change and environmental protection, groups have started pushing for legal action at the international scale.
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Do countries have a legal obligation to protect the climate?

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By Zoe Nay
| Silicon Republic Verified
Prof Jacqueline Peel and Zoe Nay from the University of Melbourne discuss the potential outcomes of the UN’s recent decision to support calls for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice regarding states’ legal obligations to protect the climate. The United Nations has just backed a landmark resolution on climate justice.
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The UN is asking the International Court of Justice for its opinion on states' climate obligations. What does this mean?

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By Jacqueline Peel, Zoe Nay
| The Conversation Verified
The United Nations has just backed a landmark resolution on climate justice. Last week, the UN General Assembly supported a Pacific-led resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide an advisory opinion on a country’s climate obligations. This has been hailed as a “turning point in climate justice” and a victory for the Pacific youth who spearheaded the campaign. But what does this UN decision actually mean? Does an advisory opinion from the ICJ have any teeth?
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If wildlife vigilantes smuggle Tassie devils to the Australian mainland, the animals could live in secret for 20 years

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By Michael Bode, Zoe Nay
| The Conversation Verified
Tasmanian devil populations have been devastated over the past 25 years due to devil facial tumour disease, an infectious cancer. But the Tasmanian government does not support relocating uninfected wild devil populations to the Australian mainland. Wildlife vigilantes have, however, already illegally moved Tasmanian devils off the island — an illegal practice known as “covert rewilding”. They may well might try again. Our recent research has examined this possibility.
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