Decisions made in the European Court of Human Rights influence law across its 46 member states. Estelle Dehon KC, a barrister at Cornerstone Barristers in the UK, said “the judgement […] comprehensively dismisses the argument that courts cannot rule on climate legal obligations because climate change is a global phenomenon or because action by one state is just a ‘drop in the ocean’,” she told BBC News. Governments globally have signed up to drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Basically, EU governments are now legally bound to follow through their obligations.
The ECtHR is for the signatories of the ECHR, which has been signed by all EU members, but also all other countries in Europe save for Russia and Belarus. So the UK, Norway, Turkey, Serbia, Ukraine, Switzerland and so forth are also bound by this.
And…?
Basically, EU governments are now legally bound to follow through their obligations.
The ECtHR is for the signatories of the ECHR, which has been signed by all EU members, but also all other countries in Europe save for Russia and Belarus. So the UK, Norway, Turkey, Serbia, Ukraine, Switzerland and so forth are also bound by this.
I guess countries are now famous for respecting obligations.
You can be as blasé as you want but the ECtHR is the closest thing that exists to an effective international court: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights#Effectiveness
How does this get enforced? Who enforces it?