Top UN court says countries can sue each other for damages caused by climate change

Top UN court says countries can sue each other for damages caused by climate change

While the ruling is seen as a victory for countries that are vulnerable to climate change, the ICG judge in the Hague, Netherlands, said that the process of pinpointing which country was behind climate change would be cumbersome

Women take images of installation of placards by Greenpeace with the word “Persist” written on it as the message to the next year’s COP30 in Brazil during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 22, 2024. File Image/Reuters