In a landmark advisory opinion dated 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) has unanimously found that States are legally bound to protect the environment from greenhouse gas ...

The ICJ issued an Advisory Opinion concluding that UN member states are obligated to regulate emissions and respond to climate change based on its analysis of a bevy of international legal frameworks, ...

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 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 International Court of Justice (ICJ), informally known as the World Court, issued an Advisory Opinion on climate change on July 23, 2025, which affirmed that states have an obligation to protect ...

Even as the US government has halted a wide range of initiatives to curb carbon emissions, efforts to combat climate change ...

The ruling follows an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice that countries violating their climate obligations were committing an "unlawful" act. Greenpeace said before the ruling ...

IN a landmark opinion it issued last July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that countries must meet their ...

Governments must not squander the opportunity to turn the International Court of Justice’s 2025 Advisory Opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate ...

They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea. Madeleine Lavemai, left, and Sulia Makasini were students from Tonga attending ...