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

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising seas and saltwater intrusion reshape its coasts and disrupt life.

The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had ...

The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion says countries could be in violation of international law if ...

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The island nation of Vanuatu has been the driving force behind efforts to get the International Court of Justice to deliver its first-ever legal opinion on climate change. "And you don't have a legal ...

The court, created as part of the United Nations in 1945, affirmed that countries must uphold existing international laws ...

The paramount chief of a volcanic island in Vanuatu said Thursday he was "very impressed" by a global court's declaration ...

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

director of Global Climate Change Litigation at Columbia Law School. "I think it will create this new wave of climate litigation." The case was championed by the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu ...

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising seas and saltwater intrusion reshape its coasts and disrupt life PORT ...

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising seas and saltwater intrusion reshape its coasts and disrupt life.