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The International Court of Justice Takes On Climate Change
Thanks to the maneuverings of the tiny nation of Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world is effectively on trial in The ...
Hearings are done: Now the wait begins for verdict on closely-watched climate case at UN’s top court
Two weeks of historic and closely-watched hearings on the threat of climate change have wrapped up at the UN's top court.
Historic climate change advisory: what the case before the International Court of Justice might mean
The International Court of Justice is hearing testimony from climate crisis-affected nations and will issue the first ever ...
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This Indigenous attorney is fighting for climate justice in the world’s highest court
Julian Aguon wore a dark blue suit and garland made of white coconut fronds, brown hibiscus tree bark, and brown cowry shells ...
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EXPLAINER: The International Court of Justice considers climate change
The landmark legal proceedings before the ICJ could clarify what legal responsibilities States have to fight climate change.
Courthouse News Service2d
Top UN court wraps historic climate change case
Saying they are devastated by an environmental crisis they haven't caused, small nations hope an opinion from the International Court of Justice will force the global community to act.
Rich countries, island states lock horns on climate change at UN court
The World Court concludes hearings on Friday on countries' legal obligation to fight climate change and whether large states ...
The wait begins for a verdict on closely watched climate case at U.N.’s top court
Two weeks of historic and closely watched hearings on the threat of climate change have wrapped up at the U.N.'s top court.
Can U.N. summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the process
The world’s nations keep faltering in their efforts to join together to save the planet from several environmental crises. In ...
Analysis: The unique destructiveness of Israel’s war on Gaza
Airwars, which charts civilian casualties of 21st-century conflict, calls Israel’s campaign in Gaza “by far the most intense, ...
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‘We Will Not Go Quietly Into the Rising Sea,’ Tuvalu Tells International Court of Justice
At the ICJ, Tuvalu and AOSIS presented their arguments on the ongoing existential struggles caused by the climate change-induced sea level rise.