Vanuatu got a big win after the U.N. general assembly backed an effort to get the world’s top international court to spell out how countries are on the hook for climate change.
The small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu won a major victory to advance international climate law on Wednesday after it persuaded the United Nations General Assembly to ask the world’s highest international court to rule on the obligations of countries to address climate change.
“It could also guide the actions and conduct of states in their relations with each other, as well as towards their own citizens,” he said. “It is hard to overstate the significance of this development as a matter of international law,” he added.As Vanuatu has gained support for the U.N. action, it has been careful to try to build consensus, with its leaders saying they are not suing anyone nor seeking to create new international obligations. Instead, they say, they are seeking to clarify how preexisting international agreements apply to climate change.
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