President Johnson Toribiong told the U.N. General Assembly that the failure of some states to acknowledge the clear-cut security implications of climate change is pathetic.
Toribiong said an attempt by the Pacific Small Island Developing States earlier this year to get the U.N. to agree to proposals for addressing the security threats was drowned by other states’ priorities.
But Toribiong said Palau and the Marshall Islands will call on the assembly to obtain an urgent opinion from the International Court of Justice.
“On the responsibilities of states under international law to ensure that activities carried out under their jurisdiction or controls that emit greenhouse gases do not damage other states,” he added.
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