Climate-impacted communities across Asia are taking their fight to court

Climate-impacted communities across Asia are taking their fight to court

When Super Typhoon Rai — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — began battering Batasan Island in Bohol, Philippines in December 2021, Trixy Elle and her husband, two children, and father waded into the storm, fearing they would be trapped in their home. Holding on to one another, they were determined not to let go.  By morning, the house Elle and her husband had spent years building was gone. So was much of the island. They were left with just …