Legal jurisdictions can no longer wring their hands in anguish and complain that they do not have enough authority or precedence to rule on matters relating to climate change.

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 ...

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 ...

Journalist and author Kel Richards discusses Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister threatening Australia with legal action.

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

States promoting fossil fuels could be violating international law, and reparations are on the table, the International Court ...

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

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

The International Court of Justice has declared climate change an existential threat caused by human activities, imposing a legal duty on UN member states to act. The ruling, supported by 195 Paris ...