MORE THAN 100 countries, including Ireland, have backed a plan by Vanuatu to enlist the UN’s top court in tackling climate change.With rising sea levels threatening its future, Vanuatu, a nation made up of roughly 80 islands that stretch 1,300 kilometres, has spearheaded a drive for the court to define what legal responsibility countries have for the changing climate and its impacts.
Vanuatu was lashed by Cyclone Judy on Wednesday, with torrential rains and fierce winds uprooting trees, tearing roofs from buildings and flooding roads.
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