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

The World Court said countries' national climate plans must be "stringent" and aligned to the Paris Agreement aim to limit ...

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

Legal jurisdictions can no longer wring their hands in anguish and complain that they do not have enough authority or precedence to rule on matters relating to climate change.

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

With the world’s top court declaring that countries have binding legal obligations to protect the climate, climate justice is no longer just a moral demand— it is now a matter of international law ...

A final round of negotiations to adopt a global treaty against plastic pollution will take place in Geneva, Switzerland.

With the China-EU Summit wrapping up with a joint climate statement, green cooperation now stands out as a key area where both sides are willing to move from dialogue to action. The conditions for ...

In one of its most significant reversals on climate policy to-date, the Trump administration on Tuesday proposed to repeal a ...

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

“The science is calling for a ­collective effort for all countries to cut emissions by 60 per cent by 2035. Every country is ...

“Bog standard is beneath you,” Simon Stiell told Australians at a Smart Energy Council event, warning that failure to ramp up ...