The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

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

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

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

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small islands, it gathered wider support and makes a very strong legal case for ...

The Trump administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Tuesday revoking a science-based determination ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.