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Rudi Maxwell

UNCOVERED: Scientists to testify in torres strait climate case | History Defined

The climate case has moved to Melbourne after hearings on Torres Strait islands and in Cairns. (Morgan Hancock/AAP PHOTOS)

A leading climate scientist has explained how increases in global temperatures lead to more frequent and extreme weather events, as part of the first climate class action brought by Australia's First Nations people.

With rising sea levels and other effects of climate change threatening their islands and way of life, Torres Strait Islander elders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai launched a Federal Court case against the federal government in October 2021.

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