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โš–๐ŸŒ Is #climatechange on its way to the world's highest court?

A ๐Ÿงต on one of the most important pieces of #strategiclitigation one one of the world's most pressing issues.

#internationallaw #internationalaffairs #climatechange #InternationalCourtofJustice #negotiation
This week, Vanuatu and fifteen other nations circulated a draft #UnitedNations #GeneralAssembly #UNGA resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice relating to the obligations of States in respect of climate change.
This is an important development in a process that I've written about before: patrickcjwall.wordpress.com/2022/07/05/froโ€ฆ

A few key points of note in the draft resolution:
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#EllasLaw | Second reading of @GreenJennyJones's #CleanAirHRBill in @UKHouseofLords from 10am Friday 8 July HT @EllaRobertaFdn. It's about the #HumanRight to #CleanAir and meeting new @WHO guidelines asap. Follow this thread for live updates. Details here: cleanair.london/ellaslaw/
#EllasLaw | Ella Roberta Adoo Kissi-Debrah died tragically - aged nine - on 15 February 2013. #AirPollution was listed as one of the medical causes of death after a long campaign by her mother @EllaRobertaFdn won a second inquest cleanair.london/hot-topics/ellโ€ฆ
#EllasLaw | Coroner's 'Report to Prevent Future Deaths' said:

"@WHO guidelines should be seen as minimum requirements. Legally binding targets based on @WHO guidelines would reduce the number of deaths from air pollution in the UK"

@GreenJennyJones' #CleanAirHRBill does it!
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#RECAP โŽฎ From an important resolution and show of unity at the #UN ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ to updated sanctions, discover the latest on how #France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท shows its support to #Ukraine โคต๏ธ
#UN ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณโŽฎ #France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท co-sponsored the General Assembly resolution on #Russian ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ aggression against #Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ.

@franceonu urged all states to vote to defend the @UN ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ Charter and to uphold Ukraine's sovereignty with this resolution ๐Ÿ‘‡
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@franceonu @UN @francediplo @francediplo_EN @Elysee @EmmanuelMacron @Europe2022FR #UN ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณโŽฎ ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ The @UN #GeneralAssembly adopted the resolution condemning this #resolution with 141 member states voting in favor.

Per @franceonu, this is an urgent call on #Russia to stop this unjustifiable #invasion.

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I am delighted to continue to serve the Co-Chairs of the @TheIndPanel, @HelenClarkNZ & @MaEllenSirleaf as an advisor and coordinator of the Panel's follow up work. The Panel produced a series of papers โ€˜#COVID19: Make it the Last #Pandemicโ€™ for the WHA:

theindependentpanel.org
We now have the opportunity to work together with govts, civil society & international agencies on the implementation of a package of recommendations to help end the current pandemic and to ensure we centre equity, leadership and multisectoral responses to future health threats.
Key recommendations include:
- the urgent redistribution of vaccine doses, diagnostics & therapeutics to low-income countries, scaling up of technology transfer and manufacturing capabilities, and developing a โ€˜global public goodsโ€™ model to pandemic tools ๐Ÿ’‰
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