Published June 27, 2024
By Upasana Khatri, Senior Attorney at the Center for International Environmental Law, and Joie Chowdhury, Senior Attorney, Climate Litigation and Accountability at the Center for International Environmental Law.
On May 21, 2024, the court for the world’s oceans became the first international court to declare that States have a legal duty to protect the oceans from the drivers and impacts of climate change. In its landmark