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

"Essential for the enjoyment of other human rights." UN's highest court makes groundbreaking declaration that could have massive global impact: 'A strong tool to carry on the fight' first appeared on ...

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

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

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest — tall stands of staghorns b ...

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

States promoting fossil fuels could be violating international law, and reparations are on the table, the International Court ...

Protection from climate change is a human right, and countries in violation of the now international law will be held ...

The International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.

The International Court of Justice has declared climate change an existential threat caused by human activities, imposing a legal duty on UN member states to act. The ruling, supported by 195 Paris ...