Undergraduate Student in Law , Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal
Smriti Sharma is a Nepali national and a B.A. LL.B. student at Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal. Her research interests include human rights, climate law and justice, and contemporary developments in international law. She is interested in examining how legal principles translate into practice, particularly in addressing social, environmental, and institutional challenges. Through legal research and critical analysis, she seeks to explore the role of law in advancing accountability, protecting rights, and responding to emerging questions of justice and governance.
The article analyses how the 2025 ICJ Advisory Opinion addresses the climate attribution gap by grounding state responsibility in failures to exercise due diligence. It examines the implications for climate litigation and compensation claims by vulnerable states.
