The paramount chief of a volcanic island in Vanuatu said Thursday he was "very impressed" by a global court's declaration ...

The island nation of Vanuatu has been the driving force behind efforts to get the International Court of Justice to deliver ...

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...

The International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving ...

The top court of the United Nations on Wednesday declared that countries have an obligation to combat climate change — and ...

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws ...

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

Not only is Vanuatu leading the campaign for an ICJ advisory opinion on climate change, but it’s also calling on all states to sign up to a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty to phase down coal ...

On July 23rd, after two years and an unprecedented number of submissions from governments and international institutions, the ...