Top UN court’s ruling to protect climate could impact Canadian lawsuits, Carney’s ‘nation-building’ projects

The ruling could make it much more difficult for Mark Carney to include fossil fuel projects on his nation-building projects list, says Dayna Nadine Scott, a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School.

The International Court of Justice's ‘historic’ advisory opinion, which rules that states are legally obligated to protect the environment, could trickle down to Canada's courts, affecting a case set to head back to court in Ontario, say observers.Photograph courtesy of the International Court of Justice

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BY ELEANOR WAND

July 31, 2025

A recent International Court of Justice ruling which concludes that states are obligated to protect the envi...

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