nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/ca99ffd63031501e DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250807s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/ca99ffd63031501e doi eng 342 23 Reetz, Niklas S. Author aut State Responsibility and the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change - One Step at a Time Reetz, Niklas S. Verfassungsblog 2025-08-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier After the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, many observers were quick to conclude that it “[opens] the door to a cascade of lawsuits” (Politico). The opinion is indeed an important confirmation that the rules of State responsibility apply in the climate change context. In this post, I assess the ICJ’s treatment of State responsibility in light of the particularities of climate change, especially the plurality of States that contribute to, and suffer from, climate harm. The advisory opinion places trust in the capabilities and flexibility of the applicable rules, yet defers complex decisions on questions like causation to a case-by-case assessment.  CC BY-SA 4.0 Advisory Opinion Climate Crisis ICJ International Court of Justice Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Klimakatastrophe State Responsibility climate change (DE-588)36344-3 gnd Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag (DE-588)4234460-8 gnd Klimakatastrophe Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/state-responsibility-and-the-icjs-advisory-opinion-on-climate-change/ raw object