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

In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that climate change “imperils all forms of life”. This followed a case brought by ...

The ICJ’s advisory opinion spells out states’ duties on climate, opening doors for lawsuits and stronger climate action. View ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...

Recently, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark ruling that could breathe new life into the climate ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

The U.N.'s top court was due to set out a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility ...