{"id":244467,"date":"2025-07-25T14:05:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T18:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=244467"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T19:14:14","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-welcomes-icj-advisory-opinion-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-welcomes-icj-advisory-opinion-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda welcomes ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-314810236\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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which was delivered publicly on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> July 2025, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, marks a major development in international legal responses to the climate crisis.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"antig-1484972906\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, 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width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Court, in its bold and declarative response, clarified the obligations of all states on the burning issue of climate change.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"antig-843475935\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the 1.5 degree Celsius temperature goal, which the Science community agrees must be achieved to prevent irreversible climatic impacts, has been reinforced by the court as a binding obligation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opinion also clarified the obligations of states on Nationally Determined Contributions, otherwise known as NDCS, which is a requirement under the Paris Agreement for all countries to spell out exactly how they will reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.&nbsp; The court declared that NDCs are not merely discretionary, rather they are a binding obligation that <strong>must <\/strong>increase in climate ambition on each cycle.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"antig-1629221041\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It further offered that rising sea levels will not affect established baselines, nor the continued presumption of the State in international law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/unicomer-antigua-and-barbuda-ltd-hosts-successful-health-fair-for-employees-and-families\/?swcfpc=1\">Antigua &amp; Barbuda<\/a><\/strong> is particularly proud of the leading role that SIDS have played in this Vanuatu-led initiative and other advisory opinions, such as the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Advisory Opinion led by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS), which was co-chaired by Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu.\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"antig-3330588539\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne called the ruling an historic and landmark moment in the unrelenting struggle for climate justice for Small Island Developing States.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"antig-3542011429\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis opinion is a landmark ruling that will be studied for decades to come. It simultaneously depicts the struggles that SIDS have been facing as a result of the climate crisis for decades; gives voice to the current tensions experienced and balance with which vulnerable communities and peoples like ours have to navigate the complicated international legal spaces,\u201d Prime Minister Browne stated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFinally, it amplifies our call, which we have been making for years, that the current climate ambition and action is nowhere near enough and without a significant change the whole world will be affected,\u201d he further stressed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/unicomer-antigua-and-barbuda-ltd-hosts-successful-health-fair-for-employees-and-families\/?swcfpc=1\">Antigua and Barbuda<\/a><\/strong> looks forward to collaborating with those on the right side of history, to make sure the decisions captured in the opinion are fully operationalised into the future and incorporated into the overarching goals of SIDS.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full text of the ICJ Advisory Opinion is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/sites\/default\/files\/case-related\/187\/187-20250723-adv-01-00-en.pdf\">https:\/\/www.icj-cij.org\/sites\/default\/files\/case-related\/187\/187-20250723-adv-01-00-en.pdf<\/a>, with additional materials and summaries expected to follow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP 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