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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small ...

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

An advisory opinion on responsibility for emissions means that Canada could be on the hook for major climate-change-related damages in the years ahead ...

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