In a landmark case, judges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague have found that if countries fail to take ...

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

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

Recently, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark ruling that could breathe new life into the climate ...

This obligation arises from human rights, maritime and the customary international law, as well as the Paris Agreement and ...

Countries are obligated to protect the climate and prevent environmental harm, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in ...

In South Africa, this is aligned with the Climate Change Act. This new law, passed in 2024, phases down and phases out human ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

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

The United Nations' highest court has said countries must address the "urgent and existential threat" of climate change by cooperating to curb emissions, as it delivered an opinion set to determine ...

The ICJ’s president said states breaching their obligations to address the crisis would be committing ’an internationally ...

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