U.N. Top Court Issues Climate Change Ruling

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The International Court of Justice says that countries must comply with their climate change treaties or risk having to pay others for the damage. Environmental groups and smaller nations hailed the decision.

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00:00The International Court of Justice ruled that countries must comply with their climate change treaties

00:06or risk having to pay others for the damage.

00:09Environmental groups and smaller nations are hailing the decision.

00:13And to hear the ICJ issue an opinion that really recognizes what young people have been facing,

00:20young people in the Pacific have been facing and in other small island states, it's just heartwarming.

00:26This is the first time the ICJ has weighed in on climate change, calling it an existential threat.

00:33The ruling could open the door to big countries that fail to meet their climate goals,

00:37having to make reparations to smaller ones affected by climate change.

00:42While the court's opinion is non-binding, legal experts say it carries legal and political weight for future climate cases.

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