In South Africa, this is aligned with the Climate Change Act. This new law, passed in 2024, phases down and phases out human ...

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

On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion on States’ climate change ...

Global accountability for climate harm: The ICJ ruled that all nations, regardless of their participation in climate treaties, have a legal duty under international law to prevent significant harm to ...

On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of States in relation to climate change.

The ICJ advisory serves as a crucial ‘nudge’ to the sovereign states who have not been able to make a decisive dent to attain the target of 1.5°C.

Pay now, or pay more later. That’s the message sent by the International Court of Justice to fossil fuel-producing countries ...

Zeldin and Wright challenged the global scientific consensus on climate change that global warming and its impacts have since ...

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.

Revoking the 2009 endangerment finding would weaken regulation of greenhouse gases and shift more responsibility to states ...

Environmental Protection Agency officials might end the agency's prior "endangerment finding" for greenhouse gas emissions ...

ICJ advisory opinion on climate obligations reaffirms global South's perspective, raises questions on Paris Agreement ...