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ICJ Climate Change Case - Vanuatu
December 8 , 2024
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- Vanuatu has called for the International Court of Justice to find greenhouse gas-emitting nations have acted unlawfully by causing climate change.
- Australia argued that nations' obligations on climate change didn't extend beyond climate accords like the Paris Agreement of 2015.
- Nearly 100 countries will speak over two weeks of hearings at the ICJ — including the United States and China.
- Vanuatu is a small Pacific Island nation severely threatened by rising sea levels.
- Vanuatu was the first country to present evidence in the ICJ in this case.
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