An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

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

This obligation arises from human rights, maritime and the customary international law, as well as the Paris Agreement and ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

Recently, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark ruling that could breathe new life into the climate ...

The highest court of the UN has issued a landmark 'advisory opinion' stating that nations can be held legally accountable for ...

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

The U.N.'s top court issued a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility countries have ...

According to the ICJ, it is the responsibility of the states to protect the earth’s climate systems and environment from ...

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

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