Content for Mains Enrichment (CME)
Source: DTE
Definition: Climate justice means finding solutions to the climate crisis that not only reduce emissions or protect the natural world, but that do so in a way that creates a fairer, more just and more equal world in the process.
Example 1: The European Court of Human Rights held the first-ever public hearing addressing the duty of states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a case brought by the Swiss Senior Women for Climate Protection against Switzerland.
Example 2: UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling upon the International Court of Justice to issue an opinion on state legal responsibilities to protect the climate system.
Example 3: IPCC released the Sixth Synthesis Report, presenting a clear roadmap to a liveable future.
Example 4: Vanuatu (a small Island nation) secured the approval of the UN to ask the International Court of Justice (the world’s highest court) if countries can be sued under international law for failing to slow down climate change.
Usage: The examples highlight ethical values of Environmental Responsibility, Intergenerational equity, social justice, international cooperation
