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

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

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

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with ...

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

The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, on Wednesday called climate change an "urgent and ...

The U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice in 2023 for an advisory opinion, a non-binding but ...

The world’s highest court has issued a ruling that could pave the way for climate justice, enabling polluting nations to be ...

An advisory opinion on responsibility for emissions means that Canada could be on the hook for major climate-change-related ...

Environment editor Jee Geronimo and multimedia reporter Iya Gozum talk to Nicole Ponce about the implications of the World Court's advisory opinion on the youth, the movement, and the state of the pla ...

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