UN backs historic climate crisis ruling, despite US attempts to stop resolution

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 world court opinion that countries have a legal obligation to address climate change, with the US - which is the worlds biggest historical emitter - among the small group opposing it.The UN secretary general, António Guterres, said Wednesdays general assembly vote, in which 28 countries abstained, undersco...