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Last update: an hour agoUN Climate Accountability Breakthrough: The UN General Assembly has backed the International Court of Justice’s climate ruling, voting 141–8 (with the US among the opponents) to reaffirm that countries have a legal duty to protect the climate system—Vanuatu led the push, and Pacific leaders say the next step is turning legal clarity into real emissions cuts and protection for frontline communities. Pacific Climate Justice Push: At the Pacific Islands Forum’s Climate Justice and Sea-Level Rise Week, Fiji’s Lynda Tabuya and Forum SG Baron Waqa framed the vote as a shift from “sympathy” to enforceable accountability, with sea-level rise and relocation already hitting island economies and livelihoods. Local Momentum: Vanuatu’s climate diplomacy is also showing up at home and regionally, from capacity-building in environmental science graduations to renewed regional cooperation on marine protection and resilience.
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