For Pacific Islanders, climate change is exacting profound cultural, spiritual & emotional damage not captured by the usual language of environmental harm. Lawyer Julian Aguon told me how important islanders' voices were to winning a landmark international climate case e360.yale.edu/features/jul...
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From Indigenous Loss, a Potent Legal Argument on Climate
Human rights lawyer Julian Aguon explores how warming threatens not only the survival of small island nations but also the traditions of their Indigenous peoples. He is citing these injuries in legal ...