"We want the court to confirm that the conduct that has wrecked the climate is unlawful," Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, who leads Vanuatu's legal team, told the Associated Press.
"We are on the frontline of climate change impact," said Vanuatu's climate envoy Ralph Regenvanu. "Our call for an advisory opinion from the ICJ on climate change is at a pivotal moment... one that sets clear the international legal obligations for climate action."
The hearings come a week after COP29 where wealthy nations agreed to provide $300 billion per year in climate finance for developing nations an outcome critics slammed as inadequate.
Over two weeks, Vanuatu and other low-lying at-risk islands in the Pacific Ocean will spearhead the hearing. More than a hundred countries and organisations are expected to make submissions on the topic.
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