, April 20 -- Vanuatu will renew its climate justice fight at the United Nations General Assembly with a draft resolution that was watered down after pushback from countries including oil-producing nations, according to documents seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The Pacific island nation at the forefront of the quest to get financial support for countries suffering climate loss "revised" its text and set aside a proposal for a global "register" recording climate change damage after facing backlash.

In 2024, Vanuatu spearheaded the General Assembly's request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the responsibility of states to fulfill their climate commitments.

The world's top court last year ruled that s...