A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

The ruling this month by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the ‘Obligations of States in respect of climate change’ is a legal step whose importance is rippling ever wider from The Hague, ...

Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of the UN General Assembly, pronounced solemnly on climate change. Every state, they ...

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

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

The United Nations' International Court of Justice issued a striking opinion this week that opened the door for countries to ...

Activists hold a protest during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 23, 2024.

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 ...

Climate activists are having their day in court, if Wednesday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s unanimous opinion is a ...

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

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...