But finally, all countries around the world have adopted the resolution to request an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice by consensus.ĪMY GOODMAN: Now, explain why you focused -ĪMY GOODMAN: Solomon, explain why you focused on the International Court of Justice. There, we have seen countries from all across both developing countries and developed nations coming together to not stand in the way to make this resolution more difficult than it should be. Indeed, on Wednesday, it was a historic moment for climate justice movement - for the climate justice movement. SOLOMON YEO: Well, thank you so much for having me here today. Explain how this all came about, how this resolution was passed. I mean, you must be thoroughly exhausted, what you have accomplished. He’s among 27 students from eight Pacific Island countries who launched the campaign for the U.N. He’s a youth climate activist from the Solomon Islands, the campaign director and co-founder of the youth-led group Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change. Well, we’re joined right now by Solomon Yeo. A senior Biden administration official told Reuters, quote, “We believe that diplomacy - not an international judicial process - is the most effective path forward,” they said. The United States did not support the resolution. has described as the nation most vulnerable to natural disasters. The resolution was introduced by the low-lying Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, which the U.N. General Assembly voted on a measure calling on the International Court of Justice to establish obligations under international law for nations to protect their populations from the impacts of global heating. The United Nations has adopted a landmark resolution that seeks to hold countries accountable for failing to respond to the climate crisis, while protecting more vulnerable nations. Yeo is the campaign director and co-founder of the youth-led organization Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change.ĪMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!,, The War and Peace Report. ![]() ![]() For more, we’re joined by Solomon Yeo, a youth climate activist from the Solomon Islands and one of the 27 students from eight Pacific Island countries who campaigned for the new U.N. This international effort to address climate change comes a week after the release of an IPCC report that found the Earth is on track to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius of global temperature change above preindustrial levels by the 2030s. The nonbinding resolution was introduced by the low-lying Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu and calls on the International Court of Justice to establish obligations under international law for nations to protect their populations from the impacts of global heating.
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