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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Isabella Kaminski

States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court

A row of lawyers in a courtroom
Lawyers of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law before the international tribunal for the law of the sea in Hamburg, Germany. Photograph: Fabian Bimmer/Reuters

Greenhouse gases are pollutants that are wrecking the marine environment, and states have a legal responsibility to control them, an international court has stated in a landmark moment for climate justice.

Wealthy nations must cut their emissions faster than their developing peers, the court also decided.

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