Six small island nations want an international court's legal opinion that could force most of the United Nations' 193 member nations to adopt tougher protections for marine environments against the onslaught of climate impacts brought on by human-caused carbon pollution.
The six members of the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law, or COSIS – Antigua and Barbuda, Niue, Palau, Saint Lucia, Tuvalu and Vanuatu – submitted the request for an advisory opinion on Monday to a U.N. tribunal in Hamburg, Germany.
