On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of States in relation to climate change.

The court's decision could result in legal action against countries that fail to honour their climate commitments In a ...

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest — tall stands of staghorns b ...

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

In the Great Hall of the Peace Palace in The Hague, fifteen judges of the International Court of Justice spoke in rare and unanimous clarity when they declared, at last, that a clean, healthy, and ...

States promoting fossil fuels could be violating international law, and reparations are on the table, the International Court ...

Protection from climate change is a human right, and countries in violation of the now international law will be held ...

The International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.

The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had ...

The International Court of Justice has declared climate change an existential threat caused by human activities, imposing a legal duty on UN member states to act. The ruling, supported by 195 Paris ...