Can the new advisory opinion interpreting the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) move us beyond the lethargy of unmet climate change policy needs? The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (the Tribunal, ITLOS) established the gravity of this question by stating that “climate change represents an existential … Read more
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As we enter this graduation season, we want to first congratulate two of our youth volunteers, Dylan Rico and Jason Tlatelpa, who graduated today on June 1st from Christ the King High School in Middle Village, New York. Dylan represented his graduating class delivering an exceptional speech as Valedictorian and Jason was honored with multiple … Read more
Tokyo High Court On February 22, 2024, the Tokyo High Court ruled against an appeal in the Yokosuka climate case. The case was filed by 45 residents in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 2019. The residents sought an injunction to block the construction of 2 coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) which had been evaluated under … Read more
The Advisory Opinion handed down by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on 21 May 2024 is truly remarkable. Its clarification that all anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, from any source, constitute marine pollution has potentially far-reaching consequences. Under the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), States … Read more
Introduction ‘Historic’ and ‘unprecedented’ are two adjectives that could easily apply to the advisory opinion rendered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on May 21, 2024. Of course, these adjectives have also been used to describe many other recent judgments delivered on the topic of climate change. Still, there is … Read more
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Throughout my A Levels I always enjoyed mechanics as it linked the mathematics I learned in school to real world problems. I thought I would do a physics degree due to my love for solving real world mathematical problems, however I decided that I didn’t particularly enjoy experiments, so I ended up doing a maths … Read more