The U.N. General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to support strong action to prevent climate change despite recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to have the measure withdrawn.

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday will weigh a draft resolution underlining states' obligations to combat climate change amid pressure from major emitters.

Vanuatu's climate change minister says the overwhelming support at the UN General Assembly confirms that no state is above its obligations to protect people and the planet.

The United Nations has overwhelmingly backed a resolution affirming that countries have a legal responsibility to address ...

Australia joins 140 other countries in passing a major United Nations resolution backing a landmark legal ruling on climate ...

The United Nations voted this week to affirm that countries have a responsibility to protect people from climate change, ...

The Hague (AFP) – The island nation of Vanuatu has been the driving force behind efforts to get the International Court of Justice to deliver its first-ever legal opinion on climate change. On the eve ...

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest — tall stands of staghorns branched into yellow ...

African sovereign debtors in distress face terrible choices. They are often forced to choose between fully paying their creditors and financing the needs of their populations – health, education, ...

The assembly passed a resolution supporting decision by the International Court of Justice, which said countries have an ...