The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has just completed hearings on the climate crisis in a case that could have critical consequences for the survival of future generations. From December 2 ...

ICJ weighs legal responsibility for climate change, ‘future of our planet’ The International Court of Justice’s 15 judges will consider arguments made by more than 100 countries in a case ...

In a landmark climate decision, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognized that the right to a healthy climate is an ...

Ralph Regenvanu (left), Vanuatu's special envoy on climate change and the environment; Arnold Kiel Loughman (center), attorney general of Vanuatu; and Ilan Kiloe (right), legal advisor to the ...

And the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is expected to set new rules related to climate change soon. Its decision will apply to its 20 member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

A South Pacific island nation on the frontlines of the climate crisis brought “the world's biggest problem to the world's ...

Opening the case on Monday, Vanuatu’s representative for climate change, Mr Ralph Regenvanu, told the judges that, “This may well be the most consequential case in the history of humanity.” ...

ICJ Climate Case Is a Testament to the Activism of Students, ... The court will now decide what, if any, legal consequences such countries should face for contributing to climate change, ...

The world’s top court has finished hearing its largest-ever climate change case. For the first time, 96 countries and 11 international organizations presented their cases before the U.N.’s ...

Thailand’s prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended from her duties following a ruling by the Constitutional ...

Tired of pleading for countries to act on climate change, Vanuatu upped the ante -- it asked the world's highest court if governments were legally obligated to do something about ...