The paramount chief of a volcanic island in Vanuatu yesterday said that he was “very impressed” by a UN court’s declaration ...

As part of our 50 States, 50 Fixes series, more than 2,400 Times readers wrote in to tell us about climate action in their ...

The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students ...

The International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.

The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous opinion on July 23, 2025, that climate change is "an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the ...

International Rivers celebrates the historic advisory opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice on the ...

A historic climate ruling by the world's highest court could make it legally riskier for fossil fuel companies to do business ...

Nations have a duty to act on climate change under international law — and if they don't, they could be held liable. That's ...

The United Nations' top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15 black-robed judges weighing in ...

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

The International Court of Justice has declared climate change an existential threat caused by human activities, imposing a legal duty on UN member states to act. The ruling, supported by 195 Paris ...