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

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

The world's wealthiest nations have a legal obligation to reduce heat-trapping pollution and will have to pay up if they do ...

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 United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...

A new ruling from the World Court provides climate activists new tools for demanding accountability. On July 23, in a stunning 140 page advisory opinion, (ICJ, or World Court) held for the first time ...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the climate system and the environment from manmade emissions of greenhouse ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a ...

In a landmark, unanimous advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice found that a state's violation of its legal ...