The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

The International Court of Justice establishes that countries are legally bound to combat climate change, reinforcing the ...

The ruling this month by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the ‘Obligations of States in respect of climate change’ is a legal step whose importance is rippling ever wider from The Hague, ...

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

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

The court's decision could result in legal action against countries that fail to honour their climate commitments In a ...

The United Nations' International Court of Justice issued a striking opinion this week that opened the door for countries to ...

Activists hold a protest during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 23, 2024.

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest — tall stands of staghorns b ...