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While the fine seems extremely cheap in my book, I don't think this kind of environmental damage issue has been elevated to an international court yet. Meaning
by _heimdall 3y ago
While the fine seems extremely cheap in my book, I don't think this kind of environmental damage issue has been elevated to an international court yet. Meaning this is an issue at the country level, each country is responsible for determining the punishment and how to use any money from a fine.
Other countries don't really have a say here directly, though trade embargoes could be used if we really disagree strongly enough to refuse to do business with Kazakhstan over the issue.
- graemep 3y agoThe country in question is Kazakhstan so not exactly somewhere any country that cares about the emissions has much influence over. I do not think anything remotely like this is handled by international courts? The ICJ only deals with disputes between nations AFAIK, all the others have a limited number of signatory countries and none really have any ability to enforce anything except so far as countries choose to do so.
- _heimdall 3y agoYeah that was effectively my point as well. The article, and what I'd expect to be a common reaction, would push for this fine being way too low and that something should be done about it. We simply have no leverage though, and frankly how another country decides to regulate or punish companies there isn't another country's problem or responsibility.