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

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is living with the daily realities of climate change, as intensifying cyclones, rising ...

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s ...

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

The island nation of Vanuatu has been the driving force behind efforts to get the International Court of Justice to deliver ...

Student Vepaiamele says the international court's advisory opinion also affirms countries' legal obligations to combat ...

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

Legal jurisdictions can no longer wring their hands in anguish and complain that they do not have enough authority or precedence to rule on matters relating to climate change.

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 ruled that nations have an obligation to act on climate change under international laws ...

Journalist and author Kel Richards discusses Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister threatening Australia with legal action.