Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has recently pointed out that climate change is beginning to become an existential threat for humanity. In this context environmentalist Cecilia Russel has drawn the attention of the world to some observations made recently by the ICJ Judge Yuji Iwasawa. pertaining to a case he had come across.

This case was not simply a "legal problem" but "concerned an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the very health of our planet," Iwasawa said. It was noted that "A complete solution to this daunting and self-inflicted problem requires the contribution of all fields of human knowledge, whether law, science, economics or any other; above all, a la...