Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...

ICJ declares states must act on emissions or face legal consequences, framing climate change as a global rights and justice ...

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

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small islands, it gathered wider support and makes a very strong legal case for ...

As Australia’s courts rule yet again that climate is outside their jurisdiction, the ICJ made it a legal obligation for countries to act on the crisis.

The University of the South Pacific (USP) is at the heart of a global legal victory with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivering a historic opinion last week affirming that states have ...

Global accountability for climate harm: The ICJ ruled that all nations, regardless of their participation in climate treaties, have a legal duty under international law to prevent significant harm to ...

The International Court of Justice , the world's highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that ...

By turning due diligence into a concrete, evolving, and enforceable standard, the ICJ has given states, courts, and ...

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...

Another issue is the difficult geopolitical situation, given that while the intensity and frequency of climate change induced ...