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Both Torres Strait Islander peoples and Pacific Islanders have taken their climate battles to the courtroom in recent weeks.
As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.
Global accountability for climate harm: The ICJ ruled that all nations, regardless of their participation in climate treaties, have a legal duty under international law to prevent significant harm to ...
Federal Court judge Michael Wigney has found that while Torres Strait Islanders are at the forefront of climate change, the plaintiffs did not prove their case of Commonwealth negligence.
This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concerns about a surge in the number of cases of a mosquito-borne viral ...
Countries have an obligation to address the "urgent and existential threat" posed by climate change, the International Court ...
The WA Liberal Party supports a motion to abandon a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, putting added ...
From Tasmania to the Torres Strait, Australia and its external territories comprise 8,222 islands scattered throughout the ...
Subjects: One Nation Senators turning their backs on an Acknowledgement of Country in the Senate, Welcome to Country, Federal Court decision, Northern ...
The young activist who has pushed for six years for international law to clarify the duty of larger nations to protect smaller ones from climate change sees new hope in this week’s UN ruling.
On 14 July a Torres Strait Islander delegation of elders, Paul Kabai and Pabai Pabai, travelled to the Federal Court in ...
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