{"id":140705,"date":"2021-10-31T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T16:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=140705"},"modified":"2021-10-31T14:12:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T18:12:13","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-and-tuvalu-to-seek-justice-for-climate-change-damage-before-international-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-and-tuvalu-to-seek-justice-for-climate-change-damage-before-international-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu to seek Justice for Climate Change damage before International Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1520741771\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda \u2013 current Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) \u2013 and the Prime Minister of Tuvalu today signed an historic accord that opens the way for ground-breaking litigation before international courts.\u00a0\u00a0This offers a novel legal path to address the severe damage to Small Island States caused by climate change.<u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-3874314977\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img 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body for the development and implementation of fair and just\u00a0global environmental norms and practices.\u00a0 The Commission is also authorized to request advisory opinions from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on the legal responsibility of States for carbon emissions, marine pollution, and rising sea levels.\u00a0<u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Membership in the Commission is open to all Small Island States whose leaders have long complained about the absence of effective mechanisms for States most responsible for climate change to compensate for the resulting loss and damage.<u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-2527728464\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3079365005\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   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anyone else what is being done to our beautiful planet.\u00a0 It is time to put words into action, to save Small Island States, and to save the world from impending disaster.\u201d<u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/span><\/p><div id=\"antig-1309947143\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, 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