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==Anthropogenic climate change==
ENMOD treaty members are responsible for 83% of carbon dioxide emissions since the treaty entered into force in 1978.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Data supplement to the Global Carbon Budget 2022 |url=https://doi.org/10.18160/GCP-2022 |website=ICOS |date=2022 |language=en |doi=10.18160/gcp-2022 |author1=Global Carbon Project }}</ref> The ENMOD treaty could potentially be used by ENMOD member states seeking climate-change loss and damage compensation from other ENMOD member states at the [[International Court of Justice]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeff D. Colgan, William T. Colgan |title=The U.N. Could Have a Secret Legal Weapon to Fight Climate Change |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/05/united-nations-icj-vanuatu-climate-change-law-loss-damage-enmod/ |website=Foreign Policy|date=5 April 2023 }}</ref> With the knowledge that carbon dioxide emissions can enhance extreme weather events, the continued unmitigated greenhouse gas emissions from some ENMOD member states could be viewed as ‘reckless’ in the context of deliberately declining emissions from other ENMOD member states. It is unclear whether the International Court of Justice will consider the ENMOD treaty when it issues a legal opinion on international climate change obligations requested by the [[United Nations General Assembly]] on 29 March 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Assembly Adopts Resolution Requesting International Court of Justice Provide Advisory Opinion on States' Obligations Concerning Climate Change: UN Press |url=https://press.un.org/en/2023/ga12497.doc.htm |website=press.un.org}}</ref>