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

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

The top UN court will on Wednesday hand down a landmark global legal blueprint for tackling climate change that also sets out ...

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential ...

The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small ...

An advisory opinion on responsibility for emissions means that Canada could be on the hook for major climate-change-related ...

In a landmark, unanimous advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that a state's violation of its legal ...