UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution (opens in new tab)

The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measureThe UN has voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with the US – which is the world’s biggest historical emitter – among the small group opposing it.The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said Wednesday’s general assembly vote, in which 28 countries abstained, underscored that governm...