Pleas to set up an international climate court were frequently voiced at this week’s climate talks in Durban. A climate court would enable victims of climate change to call the perpetrators to account. There is little chance of a court like this actually being realised, says Professor of International and European Environmental Law Jonathan Verschuuren, but in future more climate cases will end up in court.An NGO from Bangladesh is the latest in a long list of organisations, lawyers, professors and others to propose setting up a climate court. The reason for these proposals is that international environmental law has proved inadequate. It is nearly impossible to get the whole world to agree on legally binding obligations on global environmental issues such as climate change.
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