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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition

A man speaks into a microphone in the middle of a group of people holding signs in support of climate justice
Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's minister for climate change adaption, at a demonstration ahead of an ICJ session on 23 July. Photograph: John Thys/AFP via Getty Images

The Trump administration’s attempt to sink a UN resolution demanding countries act on the climate crisis has caused cuts to the proposal but hasn’t entirely killed it, according to the tiny Pacific island country spearheading the effort.

The US has demanded that Vanuatu, an archipelago in the south Pacific, drop its UN draft resolution that calls on the world to implement a landmark international court of justice (ICJ) ruling from last year that countries could face paying reparations if they fail to stem the climate crisis.

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