16 April 2015

The Oslo Principles: States have ‘common but differentiated’ obligations to curb climate change

On 30 March 2015, a working group of current and ex-judges, advocates and professors from across the globe released the Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations. The Oslo Principles seek to overcome the political impasse which has so far obstructed agreement on defining a common international approach to climate change. They aim to ‘identify and articulate a set of Principles that comprise the essential obligations States and enterprises have to avert the critical level of global warming’. ‘These principles underscore that states have moral and legal duties to take action to avert the destructive effects of climate change’, said Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale and the Director of Yale’s Global Justice Program. (more…)

Source: Yale | OSLO PRINCIPLES ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE OBLIGATIONS
Source: Legal Experts Release Oslo Principles on Global Climate Change Obligations | 30 March 2015