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

An International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law could shape reparations lawsuits as ...

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...

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

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

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

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

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters.

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

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

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

Student Vepaiamele says the international court's advisory opinion also affirms countries' legal obligations to combat ...