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

The ICJ’s advisory opinion spells out states’ duties on climate, opening doors for lawsuits and stronger climate action. View ...

A profound thread runs through the judgment and the separate opinion of one of the judges: that biodiversity is not merely a ...

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

The climate debate has whipsawed in recent years. Businesses frequently have been caught in the middle, with stakeholders including government regulators, activist investors, consumers, ...

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

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

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

An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states have a legal obligation to tackle climate change and that failing to ...

The UN has opened the door to Britain being sued over its historic contribution to climate change. In a significant legal ...

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