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

Legal minds in international law are trying to interpret the scope and impact of the landmark advisory opinion on climate change by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where it said that states ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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.

The Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) affirms the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) historic advisory opinion ...

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

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

Major economies including China and the EU on Thursday welcomed a ruling by the world's highest court paving the way for ...