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Britain can dodge climate lawsuits if it pays UN, Vanuatu lawyer says
Britain can dodge climate lawsuits from other countries if it makes “significant and meaningful” contributions reflecting its ...
UN Top Court Says Countries Are Obliged to Fight Climate Change
One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving ...
From dying reefs to flooded graves, Vanuatu is leading a global climate case
The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising ...
U.N. court says polluters can be held responsible for greenhouse gas emissions
The island nation of Vanuatu prevailed in its landmark request to legally compel countries to cut emissions and compensate ...
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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 ...
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Vanuatu turns to world court as climate disasters mount
PORT VILA, Vanuatu — When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu's Havannah Harbor a decade ...