The countries of the United Nations led by the island nation of Vanuatu adopted what they called a historic resolution Wednesday calling for the U.N.‘s highest court to strengthen countries’ obligations to curb warming and protect communities from climate disaster
that refused to leave southeastern Africa in recent weeks."Catastrophic and compound effects like this are growing in number," he said.
Saudi Arabia and Iraq sought to soften the resolution saying it would increase the workload of the international court. Some 132 countries co-sponsored the resolution.risk of rising seas engulfing swathes of the islands Youth groups were also involved in the effort, citing the need to protect the planet for current and future generations.
The group's Solomon Yeo added that “young people across the world will recall the day when we were able to get the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, to bring its voice to the climate justice fight."
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