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

An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

Recently, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark ruling that could breathe new life into the climate ...

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

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

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

On July 23rd, after two years and an unprecedented number of submissions from governments and international institutions, the ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

The Court’s opinion has reasonably provided a clear legal benchmark with respect to climate change related obligations.

The UN has opened the door to Britain being sued over its historic contribution to climate change. In a significant legal ...