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Speakers\u0092 panel along with Honourable Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Supreme Court of Pakistan at the high-level \u0091Judicial Pathways Towards Climate Justice: Judicial Approaches for Addressing Climate Change Through Global Analysis\u0092 held on Friday at the Pakistan Pavilion on the sidelines of the UN-led global climate summit on November 15, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
High-powered panel discussion @ Pakistan Pavilion on the sidelines of COP29<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Participants emphasized the critical role of the judiciary in addressing the climate crisis and ensuring climate justice<\/strong><\/h5>\n
COP29 Monitoring Desk<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Islamabad: November 15, 2024 – Coordinator to the Prime Minister for Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam has emphasized the need for vulnerable countries to come together and unite in the fight for climate justice. She made these remarks in the context of a high-level \u2018Judicial Pathways Towards Climate Justice: Judicial Approaches for Addressing Climate Change Through Global Analysis\u2019 held on Friday at the Pakistan Pavilion on the sidelines of the UN-led global climate summit.<\/h5>\n
The Prime Minister’s climate aide revealed that it was basically her initiative to establish a platform for international judges dedicated to climate justice as a part of Pakistan\u2019s push for climate finance for global south and today\u2019s event was a step towards that objective.<\/h5>\n
Alam explained, “I am pleased to have successfully organized a panel discussion that brought together judges to explore the crucial and expanding role of courts in tackling climate change in the Asia-Pacific region.”<\/h5>\n
She further highlighted the growing importance of judicial systems in the face of escalating climate impacts, noting that courts have become vital spaces for addressing climate justice. These judicial bodies are tasked with balancing the urgent environmental challenges with the socio-economic and developmental needs, particularly in the Global South, where such issues are especially pressing, Romina Khurshid Alam added.<\/h5>\n
In the high-powered panel discussion at the Pakistan Pavilion on the sidelines of COP29, global judicial leaders, alongside Pakistan\u2019s climate experts, emphasized the critical role of the judiciary in addressing the climate crisis and ensuring climate justice. The judicial experts highlighted the urgent need for a global judicial coalition to hold governments and corporations accountable in the fight against climate change and demand financial flows from global north to global south.<\/h5>\n
Senator Sherry Rehman, Chairperson of Pakistan\u2019s Senate Standing Committee on Climate<\/strong> Change, opened the discussion with a stark reminder of the growing climate crisis. She stressed that while Pakistan contributes less than one percent of global carbon emissions, it remains one of the most vulnerable nations to climate-related disasters, including the catastrophic 2022 floods that affected one-third of the country.<\/h5>\n
Senator Rehman underscored the growing gap in climate finance and the need for an equitable distribution of resources to help vulnerable nations adapt to the impacts of climate change. \u201cThe tool that will unlock justice for the Global South is climate finance,\u201d she said.<\/h5>\n
\u201cBut the financing gap is widening, and the Global South is being left behind.\u201d The panel, which featured prominent judges and legal experts from around the world, explored how judicial systems can play a pivotal role in advancing climate justice.<\/h5>\n
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Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam gives away souvenir box of golf stick, ball and Tee to Honourable Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Supreme Court of Pakistan at the Pakistan Pavilion on the sidelines of UN-led global climate summit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah of the Supreme Court of Pakistan<\/strong>, who chaired the session, emphasized that climate finance is now a fundamental human right. He lauded the Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Climate Change, Romina Khurshid Alam, for organizing a panel discussion on judicial approaches to addressing climate change in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/h5>\n
\u201cWithout climate finance, there is no mitigation or adaptation,\u201d he stated. \u201cIt is the lifeline for climate resilience, and the Global South cannot bear the burden alone.\u201d Justice Shah also discussed Pakistan\u2019s pioneering legal framework on climate change, highlighting the country\u2019s landmark judgments on holding corporations accountable and stopping environmentally harmful development projects.<\/h5>\n
Justice Sapana Malla, Supreme Court of Nepal,<\/strong> discussed how Nepal has expanded environmental rights through judicial activism and constitutional reforms, while Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin of Brazil<\/strong> highlighted the challenges faced by judges in passing verdicts on climate disasters.<\/h5>\n
\u201cThe judicial system must evolve to address climate change,\u201d said Justice Benjamin. \u201cWe need proactive legal regimes to ensure climate justice.\u201d A major theme throughout the discussion was the need for a judicial coalition among the V20 countries \u2014 a group of nations most vulnerable to climate change. Justice Shah called for stronger legal frameworks to ensure climate finance flows to where it is most needed.<\/h5>\n

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