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

Vanuatu spearheaded the legal case at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which found countries have a duty to protect against the "urgent and existential" threat of a warming planet.

When John Warmington first began diving the reefs outside his home in Vanuatu’s Havannah Harbor a decade ago, the coral rose ...

The island nation of Vanuatu prevailed in its landmark request to legally compel countries to cut emissions and compensate ...

One of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the fallout from climate change has won a landmark legal battle, giving ...

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s Minister for Climate Change speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the landmark climate ruling by the ...

In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to ...

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 ...

On July 23rd, after two years and an unprecedented number of submissions from governments and international institutions, the ...

The paramount chief of a volcanic island in Vanuatu yesterday said that he was “very impressed” by a UN court’s declaration ...

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the everyday catastrophe of climate change. On Wednesday, backed by more than 130 countries, Vanuatu will get its day in the world's highest court.