The world’s top court has made it easier for governments to be held legally accountable for failing to tackle the climate ...

The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The paramount chief of a volcanic island in Vanuatu said Thursday he was "very impressed" by the ICJ's declaration that ...

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 ...

The landmark ruling means Australia must reduce emissions in line with the best science, and regulate the fossil fuel ...

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