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 ...

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 Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising ...

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 ...

In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to ...

On July 23rd, after two years and an unprecedented number of submissions from governments and international institutions, the ...

A UN court's finding that countries face climate obligations under international law will find its way into climate ...