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

In the court hearings, youth activists representing vulnerable communities from frontline states in the Pacific and the ...

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

In a landmark advisory opinion on Wednesday, the United Nations' top court said countries could be in violation of ...

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the ...

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

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

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

The Paris Agreement struck through the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has rallied a global response to ...

The ICJ called climate change an “urgent and existential threat” caused by human activity. Though nonbinding, its opinion may ...

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

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...