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

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

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

The island nation of Vanuatu has been the driving force behind efforts to get the International Court of Justice to deliver ...

The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The ...

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising ...

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

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

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.

Student Vepaiamele says the international court's advisory opinion also affirms countries' legal obligations to combat ...

The International Court of Justice ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws ...

The top court of the United Nations on Wednesday declared that countries have an obligation to combat climate change — and ...