Environmental justice grants remain contested after rulings, a stay, and expired deadlines changed the path for climate ...

India reaffirmed its focus on climate justice, sustainable development, and judicial independence at the UN General Assembly ...

Climate change lawsuits have become a new way for countries to assert their rights against actions that degrade the environment. But African countries have yet to fully exploit this route. In the ...

The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a yearslong campaign that began with university students. Vanuatu’s Climate Change ...

Yuko Shirakawa (52) is a nurse who has worked in conflict zones and disaster sites around the world, including Iraq and South ...

The third Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) took place recently in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together roughly 150 women activists and community leaders from 14 West and Central African countries. The ...

With a nearly $1 billion investment in clean energy projects for communities of color, the federal government has taken an unprecedented step in advancing environmental and economic racial justice.

The case is considered one of the most significant climate-related disputes to reach the U.S. Supreme Court in years.

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SYDNEY, Oct 15 (IPS) - Climate justice recognizes differential impacts of climate crisis between rich and poor, women and men, and older and younger generations. The UN Secretary-General António ...

Alito’s recusal from the case has the potential to result in a tied ruling in a battle over oil companies’ liability to pay for climate impacts.