nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ca99ffd63031501e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250828s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ca99ffd63031501e doi eng 342 23 Boshoff, Elsabé Author aut Can Africa Still Drill? - What the ICJ Climate Opinion Means for Oil and Gas Exploration in Africa Boshoff, Elsabé Verfassungsblog 2025-08-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier While the ICJ found that any State suffering from climate change can bring charges against others for their contribution to climate change, the opinion does not distinguish between the obligations of developed and developing States (except where treaty law already imposes different obligations).  African States and the African Union have continued to support fossil fuel development on the continent. In light of this advisory opinion, what obligations are imposed on developing States, like African States, to protect the climate, particularly regarding the further development of fossil fuel industries?  CC BY-SA 4.0 Advisory Opinion Climate Crisis Fossil Fuel ICJ International Court of Justice Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Klimakatastrophe State Responsibility climate change customary law (DE-588)36344-3 gnd Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag (DE-588)4234460-8 gnd Klimakatastrophe Getaneh Damtew, Samrawit Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-advisory-opinion-means-for-oil-and-gas-exploration-in-africa/ raw object