Support the UNGA resolution to endorse the ICJ climate change advisory opinion!

World’s Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ) led a years-long global campaign to take climate change and human rights to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to get an advisory opinion (AO) – and with success!

Now the ICJ has affirmed that States have obligations to take more climate action, it is up to them to endorse the Court’s findings by voting in favour of the upcoming UNGA resolution on the advisory opinion.

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Youth led the way: the ICJ has spoken, the law is clear – now the world must act

The climate crisis is a lived injustice, hitting hardest those least responsible. The historic ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change – driven by those most affected – clarified States’ legal duties and obligations. Now, the herculan task is turning that clarity into real-world impact. The upcoming United Nations General Assembly resolution, led by Vanuatu, is a political momentum that must be seized.

In our latest blog, our Global Advocacy Lead Nicole Ann Ponce shares how the UNGA resolution could play several key roles to operationalise the climate ruling from the world’s highest court.

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Trade in Breach of the Law: Why the EU–Mercosur Agreement Is Incompatible with the EU’s Climate Obligations

In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) clarified in its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect to Climate Change what climate-impacted communities, youth movements, and courts across the world have been arguing for years: climate action is not a political choice, but a binding legal obligation.

For the European Union, this clarification has immediate consequences. It exposes a profound legal contradiction at the heart of the EU–Mercosur trade agreement: an agreement designed to expand emissions-intensive trade, deforestation, and extractive production, which cannot be reconciled with the EU’s climate obligations under international and EU law.

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