Both Torres Strait Islander peoples and Pacific Islanders have taken their climate battles to the courtroom in recent weeks.

A major blow in Federal Court won’t stop Torres Strait Islanders fighting to prove the government’s duty of care over climate ...

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 ruling said the government did not owe a duty of care to protect the Torres Strait islands from climate change.

In a landmark case, a judge will today decide whether Australia needs to make deeper emissions cuts to protect its low-lying islands. Two Torres Strait Islanders have sued the federal government for ...

The Federal Court has handed down its long-awaited judgement in a four-year climate case brought by Torres Strait Islanders.

A federal court justice has found the government did not have a duty of care to protect the Torres Strait Islander people from climate change as he dismissed a landmark case.

Indigenous elders lose climate case as judge says protecting islands is a political, not legal, responsibility ...

Uncle Paul Kabai and Uncle Pabai Pabai, two brothers-in-law, are exemplars of the extraordinary commitment of ordinary people pursuing climate justice.

A landmark Federal Court decision brings an end to a four-year long battle between a pair of Torres Strait Islander men and the Federal Government.