An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

The hottest year on record was 2023 — until 2024, when the Earth’s average temperature reached 1.55C above the pre-industrial ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

With the world’s top court declaring that countries have binding legal obligations to protect the climate, climate justice is no longer just a moral demand— it is now a matter of international law ...

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...

Environmental Protection Agency officials might end the agency's prior "endangerment finding" for greenhouse gas emissions ...

Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of the UN General Assembly, pronounced solemnly on climate change. Every state, they ...

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

Revoking the 2009 endangerment finding would weaken regulation of greenhouse gases and shift more responsibility to states ...