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 ...

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...

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

Global accountability for climate harm: The ICJ ruled that all nations, regardless of their participation in climate treaties, have a legal duty under international law to prevent significant harm to ...

The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating ...

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small ...

Countries have wide-ranging obligations to adequately tackle climate change, the International Court of Justice has found.

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.

The International Court of Justice's advisory opinion establishes binding legal obligations for combating climate change, ...

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obligated under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations.In a ...

Analysis - 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 ...