"Nature is angry. Just ask the Caribbean, where residents are recovering from one of the most powerful hurricanes in their history. This extreme event, like many others, bears the fingerprints of climate change, driven by the extraction and burning of fossil fuels. When I first became President of Colombia, Indigenous leaders told me that I must make peace, not just with the rebels, but with nature too. They were right and international law is on our side."
"In a landmark ruling in July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) told governments they have binding legal duties to act on climate change. It warned that state support for fossil fuels, whether through licences, permits or subsidies, may be a wrongful act. This advice is already having an impact: in August, a Brazilian court ordered a coal mine and power plant to halt operations, citing the ICJ. Meanwhile clean energy is increasingly competitive."
Extreme weather events, such as a powerful Caribbean hurricane, reflect climate change driven by fossil fuel extraction and burning. Indigenous leaders urged reconciliation with nature, framing environmental protection as integral to peace. The International Court of Justice issued a July ruling that governments have binding legal duties to act on climate change and warned that state support for fossil fuels through licences, permits or subsidies may be wrongful. That ruling influenced an August Brazilian court decision to halt a coal mine and power plant. Clean energy competitiveness is rising: wind and solar supplied a third of Brazil’s electricity in August, and Santiago aims for two-thirds electric buses by year-end.
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