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Landmark climate change case opens at top U.N. court as island nations fear rising seas

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The International Court of Justice will hear from 99 countries and more than a dozen intergovernmental organizations over two weeks .

Pacific archipelago nation Vanuatu is one of a group of small states pushing for international legal intervention in the climate crisis.

Any decision by the court would be nonbinding and cannot force wealthy nations into action to help struggling countries.

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semi-formal

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English

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