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From Climate Science to Climate Justice: The Mandatory Inclusion of Climate Considerations in Environmental Impact Assessments and Its Connection to Enhanced Due Diligence

The article explores how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' long-awaited Advisory Opinion on Human Rights and the Climate Emergency marks a turning point in the jurisprudence of the Court by acknowledging the climate emergency as an existential threat to human rights and providing a framework for States to respond with urgency, ambition, and accountability.

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2025

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D. Zaelke, R. Picolotti, S. Luengo

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