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Adrian Black

FOUND: Australia may be target of legal action on climate | Mind Blowing Facts

Advocates are calling on Australia to acknowledge an international court's climate ruling. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia and other nations have an obligation to curb carbon emissions and to redress climate change damage in other countries, an international court has found.

The non-binding advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice at The Hague in the Netherlands paves the way to require high carbon-emitting countries to pay reparations to low-emitting countries.

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