The students set their sights on the Pacific Islands Forum, the region's pre-eminent political group, which that year was ...

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

The court's decision could result in legal action against countries that fail to honour their climate commitments In a ...

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small islands, it gathered wider support and makes a very strong legal case for ...

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

Activists hold a protest during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 23, 2024.

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 ...

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

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...

Amy Cilimburg writes, In a landmark decision, the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world’s highest court, ruled that nation states must prevent harm to the climate system and ...