IC15: Did also any good things happen in 2025?

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This week we try to take a blind eye to the "in" in "inconvenient" and try to look at a few positives that happened in climate action in 2025, including the integration of climate education in school curricula., significant advancements in renewable energy, and a landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice emphasising climate protection as a human right.

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Sources

• EU submission of an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-14929-2025-INIT/en/pdf))
• earthday.org celebrates historitc European Union move to make climate education central to climate action (https://www.earthday.org/press-release/earthday-org-celebrates-historic-european-union-move-to-make-climate-education-central-to-climate-action/))
• ICJ, Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (https://www.icj-cij.org/case/187))
• IISD, Historic International Court of Justice Opinion Confirms States’ Climate Obligations (https://www.iisd.org/articles/deep-dive/icj-advisory-opinion-climate-change))
• WRI, The Perfect Storm Fueling Pakistan’s Solar Boom (https://www.wri.org/insights/pakistan-solar-energy-boom))
• BBC, Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po))