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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Lyndal Rowlands

ICJ weighs legal responsibility for climate change, ‘future of our planet’

Vanuatu's Special Envoy for Climate Change and Environment Ralph Regenvanu, left, and Attorney General Arnold Kiel Loughman, right, opened the hearings at the ICJ on December 2, 2024 [Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]

Historic hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague have drawn to a close after more than 100 countries and international organisations presented arguments over two weeks on who should bear legal responsibility for the worsening climate crisis.

Spearheading the effort was Vanuatu which, alongside other Pacific island nations, says the climate crisis poses a threat to its very existence.

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