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

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

The court has held that countries are under a legal obligation to take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The ruling ...

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...

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

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

The U.N.'s top court was due to set out a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility ...

Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of the UN General Assembly, pronounced solemnly on climate change. Every state, they ...

The International Court of Justice said that climate change threatens all life and may violate human rights. It also said ...

Paoli's research helped inform the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on state obligations in respect of ...

Climate activists are celebrating after a major international court ruled that countries failing to take measures to prevent ...

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