Climate activists are having their day in court, if Wednesday’s International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s unanimous opinion is a bellwether. The Hague court declaration that governments were legally ...

ANALYSIS: Legal experts tell Stuti Mishra a long-awaited International Court of Justice ruling provides ‘a clear blueprint to ...

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

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

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

The United Nations' International Court of Justice issued a striking opinion this week that opened the door for countries to ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...

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

The top UN court will on Wednesday hand down a landmark global legal blueprint for tackling climate change that also sets out ...

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

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