Over two weeks of hearings, the court will consider what countries around the world are legally required to do to combat the ...

The issue has gained increased visibility in international forums, including the climate COPs, the World Bank’s Fragility Forum, and the World Urban Forum. A group of 30-member states has formed to ...

In a landmark hearing Wednesday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the United States argued that human ...

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In a landmark international hearing on climate change, a U.S. representative backed the Paris Agreement, but left unanswered questions about U.S. commitments in a Trump presidency.

While we are witnessing an ever-escalating cascade of climate disasters, leaders from the world’s most polluting countries were conspicuously absent from COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate ...

It was only in the late 1980s that states became aware of the causes and risks associated with climate change,” a legal ...

The UN’s court will soon clarify nations’ legal responsibility to avert the human rights impacts of climate catastrophe.

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On December 4, the US made an oral statement in the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion relating to the ...

The island nation of Vanuatu criticized representatives for major emitters like the U.S. and China for their remarks during ...

Nations have been giving their oral submissions at the International Court of Justice on a climate change case that has stemmed from Vanuatu.