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Small island nations turn to international court to make major polluters pay for climate change

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"Small island states are the canary in the coal mine of climate catastrophe.... They're tired of empty promises. And they're going to invoke international law to obtain justice," says international lawyer Payam Akhavan, who represents the two nations trying to make major polluters pay for damages caused to their islands by climate change.

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World
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climate change, polluters, major polluters
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