The committee found Australia violated the human rights of a group of islanders off its north coast by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change.
A United Nations committee found on Friday that Australia had violated the human rights of a group of islanders off its north coast by failing to adequately protect them from the impacts of climate change, such as by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Donniella Warria and Ikokolela Ronsen walk on the Bach Beach in the late afternoon on Thursday Island.Rising sea levels have already damaged food sources and ancestral burial sites, scattering human remains, the islanders argued, saying their homes are at risk of being submerged.
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