The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...

The ICJ’s advisory opinion spells out states’ duties on climate, opening doors for lawsuits and stronger climate action. View ...

A profound thread runs through the judgment and the separate opinion of one of the judges: that biodiversity is not merely a ...

An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said while the Advisory Opinion of the International ...

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said the recent advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate finance, while not legally binding, establishes a moral ...

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

The climate debate has whipsawed in recent years. Businesses frequently have been caught in the middle, with stakeholders including government regulators, activist investors, consumers, ...

The Pacific Elders' Voice, or PEV, an independent group made up of Pacific Island leaders, has issued a statement applauding ...

Countries have wide-ranging obligations to adequately tackle climate change, the International Court of Justice has found.