Kota Kinabalu: More cases related to climate change are expected to go to courts, says Commonwealth Law Association (CLA) President, Peter D Maynard.
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According to him, there are already quite a number of climate change related cases going to courts, citing the cases of the Torres Strait and Tiwi islanders in Australia.
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“There are quite a number of cases related to climate change going to courts. I was recently talking with somebody from Australia about the cases involving Torres Strait islanders and Tiwi islanders. These are people living in coastal islands which are disappearing
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