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Top UN court says countries can sue each other for damages caused by climate change

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While the ruling is seen as a victory for countries that are vulnerable to climate change, the ICG judge in the Hague, Netherlands, said that the process of pinpointing which country was behind climate change would be cumbersome

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The International Court of Justice has ruled that countries can sue each other for damages caused by climate change, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases.

While the ruling is seen as a victory for countries that are vulnerable to climate change, the ICG judge in the Hague, Netherlands, said that the process of pinpointing which country was behind climate change would be cumbersome.

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