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

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...

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 recognised clear obligations of states to avoid impacts of greenhouse gas emissions to the ...

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 ...

Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.

Countries have wide-ranging obligations to adequately tackle climate change, the International Court of Justice has found. Those who don’t could be legally liable.

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that climate change “imperils all forms of life”. This followed a case brought by ...

In a landmark advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice also said high-emissions countries may need to pay ...