One year ago, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled, unanimously, that states have binding legal obligations to protect global climate systems. It found that a state's failure to act, ...

World leader after world leader is using their time at the podium at the U.N. General Assembly to sound the alarm on climate ...

Exactly one year ago, the International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, delivered its landmark Advisory Opinion ...

A year after the world's highest court confirmed countries have a legal duty to protect the climate, Save the Children New ...

As negotiations draw close to a conclusion at the COP30 U.N. climate summit, nations are still sharply divided over the future of fossil fuels. Delegates representing dozens of countries have rejected ...

The International Court of Justice says countries may break international law by not protecting the climate. The court opened ...

China supports Vanuatu and other Pacific island nations in their concerns over climate change and will continue to pursue ...

A landmark United Nations resolution on climate change has received Australia's support to pass. Some 140 countries endorsed the legal ruling made by the International Court of Justice last year.

UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly on Wednesday will weigh a draft resolution underlining states' obligations to combat climate change, a long-awaited move that has been scaled back under ...

The US, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia – some of the highest oil-producing nations and major greenhouse gas emitters – opposed the measure The UN has voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world ...