The Struggle Against Fossil Sovereignty - The International Court of Justice in the Climate Crisis
von Bernstorff, Jochen
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Venzke, Ingo
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Verfassungsblog
2025-08-06
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Over the course of decades, law has primarily functioned to enable and support the extraction, production, and consumption of fossil energy. As a result, planetary destruction remains not only awfully lucrative but also, in many cases, legally protected. The substantive impact of the ICJ’s advisory opinion on climate change will depend largely on how effectively it contributes to dismantling the stronghold of fossil sovereignty. That tangled web of fossil-friendly laws has often obstructed or blunted progressive climate politics or any other interference with unsustainable, fossil-driven profit-making.
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von Bernstorff, Jochen
Advisory Opinion
Climate Crisis
Fossil Fuel
ICJ
International Court of Justice
Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag
Klimakatastrophe
climate change
climate litigation
fossil fuels
Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag
Klimakatastrophe
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https://verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-advisory-opinion-fossil-fuels/
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