UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday considers a resolution reinforcing states’ obligations to combat climate change, a long-awaited move toned down under pressure from major greenhouse gas emitters. “We can’t take any more disaster and destruction. We all have a right to a future, and this UN resolution is the lifeline — we need to grab it,” said Vepaiamele, a 17-year-old from Vanuatu who testified at the International Court of Justice in 2024.

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday will weigh a draft resolution underlining states' obligations to combat climate change, a long-awaited move that has been scaled back under…

THE UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN General Assembly on Wednesday will weigh a draft resolution underlining states’ obligations to combat climate change, a long-awaited move…

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday considers a resolution reinforcing states’ obligations to combat climate change, a long-awaited move toned down…

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Die UN-Vollversammlung hat eine wegweisende Klimaresolution verabschiedet. Die USA stimmten dagegen. Basis ist ein Gutachten, das der Inselstaat Vanuatu initiiert hatte.

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“From the Pacific to the world, this vote is a recognition that those who did the least to fuel this crisis should not be left to carry its heaviest burdens."

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