In this short blog post, the executive assistant of the Climate Change Law Specialist Group IUCN WCEL – Aditi Shetye shares her thoughts and analysis on the 77th United Nations General Assembly held in September 2022 in the context of climate action and high-level discussions by parties and their national delegations’ on Vanuatu’s International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion (ICJAO) initiative. This blog is written for the Climate Change Law Network and World’s Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ).

The World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), IUCN and University of Oslo, hosted an International Environmental Law Conference in Oslo in October 2022. WYCJ’s academic team leader, Aditi Shetye and team member, Manon Rouby were invited to present WYCJ’s ICJAO initiative

On a hot summer day in July, WYCJ co-hosted a Conversation on the ICJ, Climate Change and Human Rights - the Pacific and the Caribbean connect at the Geneva Graduate Institute. The event was kindly sponsored by Sidley Austin LLP.

El pasado 22 de agosto de 2022, las organizaciones integrantes del nodo para América Latina del Climate Action Network (CANLA) apoyaron, por unanimidad la campaña global en búsqueda de una Opinión Consultiva sobre cambio climático y derechos humanos por parte de la Corte Internacional de Justicia promovida por jóvenes de las organizaciones World’s Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ) y Pacific Islands Students Fighting for Climate Change (PISFCC).

On the 10th of June, WYCJ hosted the side event ‘Keeping 1.5 alive, a global youth-led campaign for climate justice’ in Bonn in the framework of the UN climate change negotiations. The event highlighted the potential of requesting an ICJ Advisory Opinion and galvanized young people to get involved in the WYCJ campaign. The event was hosted in collaboration with Youth & Environment Europe, the largest environmental youth organization in Europe, and the Jonge Klimaatbeweging, the largest youth climate organization in the Netherlands.

From 19-21 May the ChangeNOW Summit took place at the Grand Palais in Paris. Stubborn optimists from WYCJ were present to raise awareness on the youth-led campaign and seek support from other organizations present.