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

Honolulu is suing major fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, and Chevron, over climate change impacts.

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...

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

THE HAGUE, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat ...

The U.N.'s top court was due to set out a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility ...

A decade since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, two big outstanding questions have delayed action: Who is responsible ...

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

The first is that addressing climate change needs to be viewed through a strategic lens rather than as an altruistic act or ...