Vanuatu finds UN majority to take climate to court

The island nation of Vanuatu has made a significant step in its push to take responsibility for the impacts of climate change to court. In early March, the country announced that it had now found 105 states as supporters for its request to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague for a legal assessment of responsibilities on climate change. Vanuatu thus seems to have secured a majority among the members of the UN General Assembly.