Torres Strait Islanders ask UN to hold Australia to account on climate 'human rights abuses'
- Written by Kristen Lyons, Professor Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For Torres Strait Islanders, it’s a crisis that’s washing away their homes, infrastructure and even cemeteries.
The failure to take action on this crisis has led a group of Torres Strait Islanders to lodge a climate change...