Fiji, Sept. 12 -- Marshall Islands Climate Envoy Tina Stege says the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change delivers the legal clarity Pacific nations have long sought in the fight against global warming.

Speaking at a side event on the ICJ ruling on the sidelines of the Forum Leaders Meeting, Stege recalled the day the opinion was delivered.

"It was overwhelming. One point after the other validated what we've been fighting for tirelessly as a region, more than I think we ever expected.

"We've had the moral clarity, we've had the scientific clarity, and finally now we have the legal clarity," she emphasised.

Stege said the ICJ opinion confirms that the 1.5degC warming limit is legally binding, and that...