The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

The UN’s top court has ruled that countries can take legal action against each other over climate change harm, including for past emissions. The decision may influence future compensation claims and ...

International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system ...

The landmark opinion could influence global climate litigation, leading countries affected by climate change to seek redress.

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving countries new ammunition to pursue some of the planet’s biggest emitters.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been using science to warn about evermore dangerous climate change in increasingly urgent tones. Now he's enlisting something seemingly more ...

The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with ...

ICJ advisory opinions are not binding but carry considerable moral and legal weight, and Wednesday's decision was seen as the most consequential in a recent string of landmark climate rulings.