Lynda Collins and Philippines

Philippines: Along with five other countries, including the Philippines, it now wants to take the world leading fossil fuel companies to court, according to Toronto Star. Experts say it is a sign of things to come. The Pacific island nation was battered by a fierce storm earlier this year that wiped out most of its infrastructure. This is something the legal community has been thinking about for some time, said Lynda Collins, a professor at the University of Ottawa Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability. Led by Vanuatu, the People Declaration for Climate Justice was signed Monday by Kiribati, Tuvalu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines. I think there is no question that as states begin to confront the price tag of climate change, they will seek compensation from those responsible. . . . It impossible to say when and how that will happen, but it will. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.