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🆕🇪🇺while the European Court has a long track record of protecting environmental rights, today provided the first opportunity for the Court to consider the scope of States' existing obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights in the context of climate change...
2/ Context: the ⚖️@ECHR_CEDH will deliver historic rulings in 3⃣ of the 9 climate cases currently pending before the Court.
2/ yet, even in this most favourable environment, the #FossilFuels industry & its governmental backers failed to prevent what people and most impacted countries demanded: a recognition of need to transition away from fossil fuels. There will be no turning back from here. 
2/🗣️States begin their pleadings, indicating that responses will also be provided in writing.
2/ ⚖️🌐now intervening as a third party, the @CoE's #HumanRights Commissioner @Dunja_Mijatovic stressing the importance for Human Rights bodies to provide legal remedies at the face of the climate crisis, esp. for young people...
2/📰for a great introduction to the case, see this great curtain raiser by @Isabella_Kam highlighting the David. v. Goliath nature of this case & its significant for #ClimateJustice across Europe and beyond!
2/🇨🇳China appeared at #ITLOSAO today. 
2/🇨🇱Chile at #ITLOSAO opened w. strong support for an advisory opinion - which is no surprise as the country, jointly with Colombia, requested a parallel advisory opinion from the InterAm Ct of Human Rights, stressing that legal guidance is of utmost importance
2/🌰#ITLOSAO in a nutshell: this is much welcome initiative driven by Islands States' leadership after decades of inaction & failed COPs. It cld clarify that climate governance is no blackbox trumping principles of intern'al law: no harm, equity, good faith, intern'al cooperation
2/ this AM, legal experts pleading at #ITLOSAO on behalf of @COSIS_ccil demonstrated broad scope of States' substantive obligations to protect the marine environment under the law of the sea and customary int'al law
2/ Context: this is 2nd day of pleading here in Hamburg 🇩🇪: representatives of Small Islands States / @COSIS_ccil are now presenting legal arguments related to the questions before the tribunal. 34 States and 4 international organisations will then plead over following 2 weeks 
2/ Speaking now @Phoebe_Okowa of @COSIS_CCIL legal team making the case for use of latest science as a basis of the interpretation of UNCLOS' provisions - citing broad range of articles of the convention to demonstrate that UNCLOS must be regarded as a living legal instrument 
2/ #ITLOSAO: PM Gaston Alfonso Browne 🇦🇬 "this request before this tribunal is only one of the initiatives that 🧑⚖️@COSIS_ccil will undertake: we will participate in other international judicial initiatives to uphold international law in climate context to protect our people" 
2/ Before delving in specific policy developments, one must take a step back & remember stakes and expectations from the broader community, esp. after decades of procrastination by decision makers. 
2/ 🎩cover decisions: despite some good language on #Renewables, the #COP27 political outcome makes no progress on recognition of need to phase out ALL fossil fuels & only replicate Glasgow language without any recognition of ongoing #FossilFuels crisis
2/ ⚡️good language on need for clean & just transition to renewable energy and to scaling up solar - but reference to "all available clean & efficient energy technologies" aims at allowing continuation of some #FossilFuels disguised as climate solutions 
2/ first a disclaimer: following overview only covers items on the agenda of the Subsidiary Bodies (so not those already discussed by COP/CMP/CMA)
ℹ️More background: on the eve of #COP27,a technical body established under #ParisAgreement released 1st recommendations to operationalise #CarbonTrading under #ParisAgreement after rushed negotiations.