THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change" as it started to read out an opinion on the legal obligations ...

The United Nations' top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international ...

In a sweeping decision the UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" ...

The International Court of Justice has ruled that nations are legally obligated to respond to climate change. The case was brought by a small island nation that faces an existential threat.

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and ...

The UN has opened the door to Britain being sued over its historic contribution to climate change. In a significant legal ...

The climate reparations racket — the Third World’s push to extort money from developed nations over changes in the weather — ...

It marks the first time the International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court based in the Hague, has considered the climate ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15-black-robed judges weighing in ...

"Climate change treaties establish stringent obligations on states," judge Yuji Iwasawa said, adding that failing to comply with them was a breach of international law.

While the court doesn’t have enforcement mechanisms, it has a prominent voice, and its legal arguments could reverberate.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the prime judicial organ of the United Nations, on Wednesday ruled what the science ...