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

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

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

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving ...

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

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

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

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

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

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states have a legal obligation to tackle climate change and that failing to ...

The International Court of Justice is preparing to hand down its first-ever opinion on climate change, seen by many as a ...

The U.N.'s top court issued a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility countries have ...