Two Torres Strait Islander men have filed an appeal in the Federal Court after losing a landmark duty of care climate case against the Commonwealth in July.
Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai’s claim – that the Australian government had been negligent by failing to take stronger action against climate change – was knocked back by Justice Michael Wigney.
While he ruled that the case had not proven negligence by the government, he did accept many of the key facts regarding the serious impacts human-induced climate change was having on the Torres Strait Islands.
