Practice question
A climate policy is technically compliant with one isolated administrative step, but officials refuse to consider long-term effects when interpreting and fulfilling the relevant legal obligations. They say present administration makes future interests irrelevant. Which is best?
- Paragraph 157 calls for due regard to future interests and long-term implications within the applicable obligations
- Future interests may never inform any legal interpretation
- Only immediate administrative convenience matters
- Every policy is valid if its title contains sustainable
- The principle concerns only inheritance taxes
Legal references
- ICJ, Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, July 23, 2025, main advisory opinion: https://icj-web.leman.un-icc.cloud/sites/default/files/case-related/187/187-20250723-adv-01-00-en.pdf; paragraphs 155-157.
- Rio Declaration: https://www.cbd.int/doc/ref/rio-declaration.shtml; Principle 3.
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