The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...

The ICJ’s advisory opinion spells out states’ duties on climate, opening doors for lawsuits and stronger climate action. View ...

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

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

The Pacific Elders' Voice, or PEV, an independent group made up of Pacific Island leaders, has issued a statement applauding ...

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

The climate debate has whipsawed in recent years. Businesses frequently have been caught in the middle, with stakeholders including government regulators, activist investors, consumers, ...

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

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

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said while the Advisory Opinion of the International ...

A profound thread runs through the judgment and the separate opinion of one of the judges: that biodiversity is not merely a ...

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