Climate Change and the Rule of Law: Adjudicating the Future in International Law*

摘要

The article, which is based on a lecture delivered in London in September 2015, addresses the possibilities for adjudication of climate change issues before international courts and tribunals, finding them to be more favourable today than a few years ago. It argues for a role of international courts and tribunals in the determination of factual and scientific matters related to climate change, assessing the possible role of international courts of a more general jurisdiction, such as ITLOS and the ICJ.