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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/ca99ffd63031501e https://verfassungsblog.de/icj-climate-advisory-opinion-fossil-fuels/ The Struggle Against Fossil Sovereignty - The International Court of Justice in the Climate Crisis von Bernstorff, Jochen Venzke, Ingo eng 2025-08-06 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 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 Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 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.