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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: An Introduction

Law Columbia

Notably, the ICJ found that international human rights law is part of the most directly relevant applicable law, including rights to life, health, housing, food, and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. 162-171).

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.