Maritime court says countries have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions

States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court Wealthy states must cut emissions faster than their developing peers, court says, in major step for climate justice The Guardian

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The statements were part of an advisory opinion on climate change issued on Tuesday by the international tribunal for the law of the sea (Itlos). The tribunal is responsible for interpreting and upholding the 1982 UN convention on the law of the sea (Unclos), an international treaty representing 169 countries.

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