This calls for both introspection and retrospection at personal, communal and government levels. This should pave the way for ...

A historic climate ruling by the world’s highest court could make it legally riskier for fossil fuel companies to do business ...

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

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

If an international court told the Western world to jump off a cliff, would we do it? We may be about to find out. The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ruled on Wednesday that ...

The world’s top court may not be able to compel polluting states to halt planet-warming emissions, but experts say its ...

Amy Cilimburg writes, In a landmark decision, the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world’s highest court, ruled that nation states must prevent harm to the climate system and ...

The world’s top court may not be able to compel polluting states to halt planet-warming emissions, but experts say its ...

The legislation, which passed Brazil's Chamber of Deputies on 17 July after Senate approval in May, now awaits the decision ...

In the Great Hall of the Peace Palace in The Hague, fifteen judges of the International Court of Justice spoke in rare and unanimous clarity when they declared, at last, that a clean, healthy, and ...

The world’s top court has made it easier for governments to be held legally accountable for failing to tackle the climate ...