Can Africa Still Drill? - What the ICJ Climate Opinion Means for Oil and Gas Exploration in Africa
Boshoff, Elsabé
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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?
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Boshoff, Elsabé
Advisory Opinion
Climate Crisis
Fossil Fuel
ICJ
International Court of Justice
Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag
Klimakatastrophe
State Responsibility
climate change
customary law
Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag
Klimakatastrophe
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