The ruling stems from the harm island nations are suffering as sea level rises, and it opens a door for future claims for ...

The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing 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 ...

On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...