Thanks to the maneuverings of the tiny nation of Vanuatu, the entire industrialized world is effectively on trial in The ...

The International Court of Justice is hearing testimony from climate crisis-affected nations and will issue the first ever ...

The landmark legal proceedings before the ICJ could clarify what legal responsibilities States have to fight climate change.

Two weeks of historic and closely-watched hearings on the threat of climate change have wrapped up at the UN's top court.

What legal obligations do states have to fight climate change? Should high-emitting countries be held responsible for the ...

Julian Aguon wore a dark blue suit and garland made of white coconut fronds, brown hibiscus tree bark, and brown cowry shells ...

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.

Officials from almost 100 countries are at the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands, asking the court to issue ...

On 13 December, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will make history as it addresses the International ...

At the ICJ, Tuvalu and AOSIS presented their arguments on the ongoing existential struggles caused by the climate change-induced sea level rise.

As a landmark climate change case reached its halfway mark Friday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague ... The 15 judges at the United Nations’ top court have been asked to ...

A major case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) may pave the way for more climate change litigation and help for ...