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“Duty to Repair”: Vanuatu Climate Minister on World Court Ruling Countries Must Address Climate
In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming. In a unanimous ruling by a panel of 15 judges, the court said high-emitting countries do have legal obligations under international law to address the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change.
One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving ...
The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising ...
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How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won
The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a ...
The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws ...
Journalist and author Kel Richards discusses Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister threatening Australia with legal action.
Not only is Vanuatu leading the campaign for an ICJ advisory opinion on climate change, but it’s also calling on all states to sign up to a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty to phase down coal ...
The top U.N. court has opened a hearing to deliver an opinion in a landmark case about nations’ obligations to tackle climate ...
Vanuatu is also among a group of vulnerable island nations pressing for a global fossil fuels nonproliferation treaty. Like many other low-lying islands, it is on the front line of climate hazards ...
Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising seas and saltwater intrusion ...
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