In an opinion hailed by small island states and environmental groups as a legal stepping stone to make big polluters ...

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

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and ...

But it has no way to compel scofflaws to comply In a sweeping and unprecedented legal opinion, the United Nations' highest ...

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

China said on Wednesday that its hydroelectric power project, billed as the world's largest ever, on the Yarlung Zangbo river is within the country's sovereignty, and that it will help mitigate ...

With areas like Beauval and Île-à-la-Crosse under escalating threat, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan has made the call to issue a state of emergency for several northern communities.