Vanuatu has won UN support to get the International Court of Justice to rule on the Climate Crisis.
The UN resolution overnight asks the International Court of Justice to consider a legal ruling that would tell big polluters exactly what consequences they could face if they fail to meet their climate obligations.
The call was led by cyclone plagued Vanuatu, which is still under a six month state of emergency after a rare pair of category 4 cyclones pummelled the country in March.
Last night, on the cusp of the vote at the UN, locals, and foreign government representatives gathered at a concert in Port Vila.
New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta - who landed in the country yesterday with a plane load of cyclone relief supplies - deviated from her schedule to attend the festivities as well.
RNZ Pacific reporter Caleb Fotheringham was there.
