Neither of the world's two largest emitters, China and the United States, have signed on as co-sponsors for the motion, which could be up for a vote at the United Nations later this year.
Vanuatu's representative to the United Nations said 105 states back its push.abc.net.au/news/australia-joins-vanuatu-campaign-legal-consequence-climate-harm/102043644Australia will join more than 100 nations and co-sponsor Vanuatu's landmark bid to have the International Court of Justice rule on the legal obligations that states have to deal with climate change and the damage it has caused.
The move could help determine international legal obligations to protect people from climate change, and to compensate individuals and countries Vanuatu's representative to the United Nations said on Thursday that 105 states — including several European countries, Pacific island nations and a host of smaller developing countries — would join its push to get the UN General Assembly to formally seek an opinion on the international legal obligations countries have to respond to global heating.
Neither China nor the United States, the world's two largest emitters, have signed on as co-sponsors for the motion, and neither have some larger developing countries that remain dependent on coal, including Indonesia and India.Australia's move to join as a co-sponsor has been welcomed by Vanuatu and environmental groups, which have been urging the government to ramp up its ambition on tackling climate change.
"While severe Cyclone Judy is today showing no mercy on the people of Vanuatu, it is welcome news that countries are committing to co-sponsor Vanuatu's UN Resolution on clarifying international climate obligations," he said.
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