A campaign by the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu for the world's top court to take a stance on protecting people from climate change gained momentum on Friday, winning the support of almost half the nearly 200 countries at a global summit.
In total 86 countries, including core nations that had already backing the initiative, on Friday gave their support to a resolution to ask the International Court of Justice to clarify what obligations governments have to protect their own populations and others.
