Source: France 24 [French state media]
“Indigenous Australians living on a string of climate-threatened islands on Tuesday lost a landmark court bid to hold the government responsible for its lacklustre emissions targets. Scattered through the warm waters off Australia’s northernmost tip, the sparsely populated Torres Strait Islands are threatened by seas rising much faster than the global average. Torres Strait elders have spent the past four years fighting through the courts to prove the government failed to protect them through meaningful climate action. Australia’s Federal Court found the government was not obliged to shield the Torres Strait Islands from climate change.” (07/15/25)