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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Molly Quell

Hearings are done: Now the wait begins for verdict on closely-watched climate case at UN’s top court

World Court Climate - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A lawyer for a small South Pacific island nation told the world’s highest court to heed her warning.

“Tuvalu will not go quietly into the rising sea,” Phillipa Webb said, hoping her ominous words this week would make a mark as two weeks of historic and closely-watched hearings on the threat of climate change wrapped up Friday.

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