Human Saga

On July 23

On July 23, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: ICJ climate-obligations advisory opinion (2025).

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23 July 2025ICJ climate-obligations advisory opinionEnvironment & climate

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued a landmark advisory opinion declaring that states have binding legal obligations under international law to curb greenhouse-gas emissions and protect the climate…

Also this week in history (Jul 20 – Jul 26)

20 July 1969 (mission 16–24 July 1969)Apollo 11 Moon landingScience, technology & invention

On 20 July 1969 the American Apollo 11 mission achieved the first crewed landing on the Moon.

26 July – 7 November 1956Suez CrisisMilitary & conflict

On 26 July 1956 Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company, asserting Egyptian sovereignty over the strategic waterway and intending to fund the Aswan High Dam after Western financing was…

24 July 1991India's economic liberalisation beginsEconomy & trade

Facing a severe balance-of-payments crisis in mid-1991, with foreign reserves sufficient for barely three weeks of imports and gold airlifted abroad to secure emergency loans, India launched sweeping economic reforms. Prime Minister P. V.

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