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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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.

Vanuatu went on to help create the Alliance of Small Island States, or AOSIS, which has since become an influential bloc of 39 countries in global climate negotiations. Mr.

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.