PRIME MINISTER BROWNE PRAISED AS COSIS MAKES LANDMARK MOVE ON CLIMATE JUSTICE

The commission co-founded by Antigua and Barbuda to seek climate justice has filed a landmark case before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).
The Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS), has submitted a request for an advisory opinion on the obligation of states under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
COSIS wants the tribunal to determine the legal obligation of states to protect and preserve the marine environment in relation to climate change impacts, including ocean warming, sea level rise and ocean acidification.
This is historic as it is the first inter-state case addressing the international legal obligations of states with regard to climate change.
The co-chairs of COSIS are Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Kausea Natano, both of whom have welcomed Monday’s development.
Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and Organisation of American States, Sir Ronald Sanders has hailed Prime Minister Browne’s avant-garde advocacy on climate justice.
Sir Ronald spoke exclusively with ABS News on Monday.