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

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that climate change “imperils all forms of life”. This followed a case brought by ...

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

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

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

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

The Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) affirms the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) historic advisory opinion ...

The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with ...

Climate activists are having their day in court, if Wednesday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s unanimous opinion is a bellwether. The Hague court declaration that governments were legally ...

The ICJ has delivered a “milestone moment for climate justice.” But does it go far enough?

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

The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...