The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

The world's wealthiest nations have a legal obligation to reduce heat-trapping pollution and will have to pay up if they do ...

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

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

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential ...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the climate system and the environment from manmade emissions of greenhouse ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a ...

In a landmark, unanimous advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that a state's violation of its legal ...