The world’s highest court has spoken: tackling climate change is not a choice: it’s a legal obligation. Now it’s up to the ...

OPPOSITION Leader Mark Golding on Tuesday urged Jamaica to take a case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ...

Climate cases turn on not only law and science but also judicial temperament: how judges perceive harm, risk, and ...

UN experts urged member states on Thursday to support the General Assembly (UNGA) resolution endorsing the International Court of Justice (ICJ)'s advisory opinion, which mandates states to comply ...

The court held that the U.S. Constitution and federal law preempts state claims arising from out-of-state and international ...

IN a landmark opinion it issued last July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that countries must meet their climate commitments, and warned that failure to do so may constitute “an ...

After a Supreme Court defeat, young activists are turning to a foreign court to force U.S. climate action. Young people behind a landmark climate lawsuit that struggled to find its footing in court ...

Following the International Court of Justice’s unanimous advisory opinion on July 23, 2025, confirming states’ legal duties to protect the climate and cooperate, COP30 should press governments to ...

Climate change is the biggest issue of our time. 2024 marked both the hottest year on record and the highest levels of carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions in the past two million years. Global warming ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up an effort by energy companies to end a lawsuit filed in state court that seeks billions of dollars in damages for the impacts their ...