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

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Though the decision is nonbinding, the ruling from the International Court of Justice could open the door for more litigation against corporate polluters.

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

The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...

The ICJ’s president said states breaching their obligations to address the crisis would be committing ’an internationally ...