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

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small ...

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

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

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

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

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...

The United Nations' International Court of Justice issued a striking opinion this week that opened the door for countries to ...

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

Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of the UN General Assembly, pronounced solemnly on climate change. Every state, they ...