"Thanks to the maneuverings of the tiny nation of #Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world is effectively on trial in The Hague.
Do countries have a legal as well as a moral obligation to prevent a planetary disaster?
In The Hague, the U.S. has argued that there’s really no need for the case. The world already has a mechanism for dealing with #ClimateChange, and that is the travelling road show of international negotiations."
Which has, so far, proved disappointing.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-international-court-of-justice-takes-on-climate-change