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

The students set their sights on the Pacific Islands Forum, the region's pre-eminent political group, which that year was ...

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

The court's decision could result in legal action against countries that fail to honour their climate commitments In a ...

Moroccan experts in environment and sustainable development called the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on climate change a fair legal framework that places legal ...

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 ...

# On  July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an advisory opinion at the request of the UN General Assembly - driven by small island states such as Antigua and Barbuda, Vanuatu, ...

UN aid chief Tom Fletcher warned that the following days are ‘make or break’ for Palestinians after Israel announced ...

Climate change is an existential problem of “planetary proportions” that affects all forms of life and the very health of the ...

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose like a sunken forest — tall stands of staghorns b ...

In the court hearings, youth activists representing vulnerable communities from frontline states in the Pacific and the ...

THE PHILIPPINES will host the 7th meeting of the Loss and Damage Fund (LDF) Board in October, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Monday. The upcoming meeting will ...