Climate change is a human rights crisis, and countries have a legal duty to act, write Jennifer S Martin and colleagues Over ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, is the UN's top international judicial body, making ...

On July 23 , the International Court of Justice delivered its long-anticipated Advisory Opinion on Climate Change, an epochal ...

The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a yearslong campaign that began with university students. Vanuatu’s Climate Change ...

The International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion in July 2025 declaring that all countries have a legal obligation to protect and prevent harm to the climate. The court, created ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect ...

Briefing paper from ODI Global's Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) on how small island states can leverage ...

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is already being cited in courtrooms, as lawyers say it ...

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu's minister for climate change, is joined by climate activists at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday. The country pushed for years for the court to hear its first ...

The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday ruled that wealthy countries must comply with their commitments to curb fossil fuels and pollution or risk being held financially liable by nations hit ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. The Republic of Vanuatu, a South Pacific island nation of 320,000 ...