Practice question
Rio Principle15 refers to threats of what kind of environmental damage?
- Only damage already conclusively measured.
- Only damage that is both serious and irreversible.
- Any inconvenience regardless of environmental relevance.
- Serious or irreversible damage.
- Only damage to State-owned buildings.
Legal references
- Rio Declaration (1992), Principles1,3–5 and15: https://www.cbd.int/doc/ref/rio-declaration.shtml
- ICJ, Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion, July23 2025, main opinion, paragraphs158 and293–294: https://icj-web.leman.un-icc.cloud/sites/default/files/case-related/187/187-20250723-adv-01-00-en.pdf
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