Tropical islands fight for survival as 'catastrophe unfolds before their eyes'

Tropical islands fight for survival as 'catastrophe unfolds before their eyes'

Vanuatu and other small island nations are taking polluters to court (Picture: Getty) Tropical paradise islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific are taking major polluting countries to court in a historic climate justice case to fight ‘the catastrophe unfolding before their eyes’. Nations including the Bahamas, St Lucia, Tuvali and Vanuatu have launched the action as rising sea levels threaten their existence. Small island states are responsib…