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

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

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

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

In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to ...

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

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

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

The United Nations’ judicial organ paved the way for states to be held accountable for fossil fuel emissions and the ...

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and ...

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 ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.