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

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

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

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

The Court’s advisory opinion affirms that inadequate action on climate change may violate international law. Its findings could shape the contours of debate at COP30.

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

Recently, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark ruling that could breathe new life into the climate ...

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

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

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

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

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.