"The island looks deserted and abandoned compared to the one I grew up seeing and portrayed by my grandma's bedtime stories," 29-year-old Houniuhi told DW.
Despite contributing 0.02% of the greenhouse gas emissions driving global temperature increases, they are among the most vulnerable nations in the world to the climate crisis.
It was these feelings of injustice and urgency that drove Houniuhi, who is president of the campaign group Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change, to spearhead calls to bring the issue to the world's top court.
The court has been asked to provide an advisory opinion on the duties of states under international law in relation to climate change.
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