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UN Adopts Pact for the Future: A Milestone for Global Cooperation
The United Nations General Assembly has officially adopted the “Pact for the Future” during the ...
Council of Europe Adopts First International Guidance on Youth and Climate Action
October 2024 marked a notable development in international climate governance and youth engagement, ...
INC-5 in Busan Wraps Up: Milestone Reached, Further Negotiations Ahead
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5), convened to develop an int...
Global Voices at the ICJ: Unpacking State Responsibilities in the Climate Crisis
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) concluded its advisory proceedings concerning the responsib...
UN Human Rights Council Makes Waves: Ocean Health Now Recognized as a Human Rights Issue
For the first time, the United Nations Human Rights Council has formally acknowledged the considerab...
Historic Climate Justice Case Filed Before African Human Rights Court
On May 2, 2025, a landmark legal initiative was launched as a coalition of leading African civil soc...
Council of Europe Reinforces Environmental Commitment but Falls Short on Legal Recognition of Green Rights
During its 134th Session held in Luxembourg, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ado...
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivers a landmark opinion on climate obligations of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
On 21st of May, 2024, the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law...
New EU Directive empowering consumers for the green transition
On January 17th, 2024, the European Parliament officially approved its provisional agreement with th...
23rd Conference of the Parties of the Barcelona Convention
The 23rd Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Envir...
A third round of negotiations for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
From November 13 to November 19, 2023, the third round of negotiations for a treaty on plastic pollu...
One Planet Polar Summit: the first international summit on the protection of glaciers and poles
On November 8 and November 9, 2023, the very first international summit dedicated to the protection ...