[Opinion] Palau ready to sue countries for climate justice if they don't act, president tells AFP

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Rich countries must increase their climate efforts and take action to prevent global warming, says the leader of the island nation of Palau – who warns of legal action if action is not taken.

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Palau is a Western Pacific Republic with more than 300 islands that, along with other small island States of the ocean, were the driving force in obtaining, in 2025, an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest jurisdiction of the United Nations, which establishes that action to preserve the climate is an obligation of all States, at the risk of committing "an internationally wrongful act." QUESTION: What could …

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Rich countries must increase their climate efforts and take action to prevent global warming, says the leader of the island nation of Palau – who warns of legal action if action is not taken.