Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

On July 23rd, after two years and an unprecedented number of submissions from governments and international institutions, the ...

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

In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to ...

The International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

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

The United Nations’ judicial organ paved the way for states to be held accountable for fossil fuel emissions and the ...

According to the ICJ, it is the responsibility of the states to protect the earth’s climate systems and environment from ...

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest — tall stands of staghorns b ...

The International Court of Justice said that climate change threatens all life and may violate human rights. It also said ...

Protection from climate change is a human right, and countries in violation of the now international law will be held ...