The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the ...

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...

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 said that climate change threatens all life and may violate human rights. It also said ...

The United Nations' top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, its 15 black-robed judges weighing in ...

ICJ Judge Yuji Iwasawa says greenhouse emissions are ‘unequivocally caused by human activities’ as he delivers opinion.

The International Court of Justice, the top United Nations court, decided Wednesday that countries would be violating ...

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small ...

Protection from climate change is a human right, and countries in violation of the now international law will be held ...

What the Inter-American Court’s recent advisory opinion tells us about the past, present, and future of climate change policy ...

The ruling this month by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the ‘Obligations of States in respect of climate change’ is a legal step whose importance is rippling ever wider from The Hague, ...

The United Nations’ top court says countries failing to implement measures to mitigate climate change may be in violation of ...