Climate activists are having their day in court, if Wednesday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s unanimous opinion is a bellwether. The Hague court declaration that governments were legally ...

THE International Court of Justice’s (ICJ’s) ruling on climate change is “historic”, the Moderator of the World Council of ...

According to the ICJ, it is the responsibility of the states to protect the earth’s climate systems and environment from ...

The U.N.'s top court issued a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility countries have ...

In a landmark advisory opinion on July 23, the International Court of Justice said all countries have significant legal ...

The International Court of Justice said that climate change threatens all life and may violate human rights. It also said ...

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the landmark climate ruling by the ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

An advisory opinion on responsibility for emissions means that Canada could be on the hook for major climate-change-related damages in the years ahead ...

Brazil is finalizing its submission to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel's actions in Gaza at the ...