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

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose ...

In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to ...

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving ...

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

The island nation of Vanuatu prevailed in its landmark request to legally compel countries to cut emissions and compensate ...

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the landmark climate ruling by the ...

Bislama is the national language of Vanuatu and a creole language spoken across Vanuatu's 83 islands which is a blend of English, French, and Indigenous words.

Vanuatu spearheaded the legal case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which found countries have a duty to protect against the "urgent and existential" threat of a warming planet.

Vanuatu went on to help create the Alliance of Small Island States, or AOSIS, which has since become an influential bloc of 39 countries in global climate negotiations. Mr.

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the everyday catastrophe of climate change. On Wednesday, backed by more than 130 countries, Vanuatu will get its day in the world's highest court.

Vanuatu is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world; last month, it was hit by two Category 4 cyclones in two days. Not only is Vanuatu leading the campaign for an ICJ advisory ...