The ruling stems from the harm island nations are suffering as sea level rises, and it opens a door for future claims for ...

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

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

The world’s highest court went on to state in its decision that recognising the “urgent and existential threat” currently facing the world, those harmed by human-caused climate change may ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...

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

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

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

director of Global Climate Change Litigation at Columbia Law School. "I think it will create this new wave of climate ...

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.

Not only is Vanuatu leading the campaign for an ICJ advisory opinion on climate change, but it’s also calling on all states to sign up to a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty to phase down coal ...

Sept 25 (Reuters) - Vanuatu is asking the International Court of Justice to issue an opinion on the rights of present and future generations to be protected from the adverse impacts of climate change.