In a historic development, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declared that climate change constitutes an "urgent, existential threat" and that states have binding legal obligations to ...

The nonbinding opinion by the International Court of Justice is likely to determine the course of climate action across the ...

Manmade climate change is the greatest existential threat humanity faces today. We are witnessing dramatic shifts in weather patterns, rising sea levels, and increasingly intense natural disasters, ...

The International Court of Justice delivered an advisory opinion in a landmark case about nations' obligations to tackle ...

The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had a legal duty to act or face consequences.

In a ground-breaking climate ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the prime judicial organ of the United Natio ...

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday (Jul 23) underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change" as it started to read out an opinion on the legal obligations ...

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change" as it started to read out a landmark opinion on the legal obligations of states to ...

STORY: :: The World Court calls climate change an 'urgent and existential threat' in a landmark opinion:: The Hague, Netherlands:: July 23, 2025:: Yuji Iwasawa, International Court of Justice ...

The United Nations' highest court underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change".

The consequences of the recent climate change ruling by the International Court of Justice are enormous, both legally and ...