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‘It’s not viable any more’: global heating sparks first climate class action by Indigenous Australians (www.theguardian.com)

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For context the Torres Strait Islands are just off the north of Australia (the pointy bit to be precise) and are largely inhabited by first nations people. They are isolated geographically and rely on fishing and small scale gardening and farming to survive.

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Aunty McRose is a senior elder from Saibai and a member of the first class action on climate harms brought by Indigenous Australians.

The lead plaintiffs in the Australian case, Torres Strait community leaders Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai from the islands of Boigu and Saibai, are seeking orders that require the Australian government to take steps to prevent climate harm to their communities, including by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate science.

Karoly told the court that global human-induced climate change was the greatest threat to the health of the Torres Strait Islands’ natural values.

During cross-examination, the government’s legal team highlighted single sentences from expert reports and asked the scientists to explain the basis for each view.

Earlier hearings were held on country in the Torres Strait in June to allow the court to tour the islands and view the existing impacts of climate change.

They say after a decade of inaction by the previous Coalition government, “we are implementing strong policies to cut pollution, including legislating reductions of over 200 million tonnes from our largest industrial emitters by 2030”.

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