The move is at once 'momentous' and relatively limited, experts tell Axios.
Though countries came together to adopt the Paris Agreement in 2015, emissions have kept rising. The world threatens to bust through the temperature guardrails it established.The implications of a likely ICJ advisory opinion are potentially vast and difficult to foresee but vary widely by country and legal venue, experts tell Axios.
Other countries could see more immediate fallout. Netherlands' highest court, for example, handed down a decision in 2019Gerrard said the significance
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