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Head chief of the volcanic island of Ambrym, George Bumseng, stands next to a wooden statue in the Vanuatu capital of Port Vila on July 24, 2025 © Hilaire Bule / AFP

Port Vila (Vanuatu) (AFP) – The paramount chief of a volcanic island in Vanuatu said on Thursday he was "very impressed" by a global court's declaration that countries must tackle climate change.

Vanuatu spearheaded the legal case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which found countries have a duty to protect against the "urgent and existential" threat of a warming planet.

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