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Is Climate Change an Existential Threat?
The constant deluge of bad news about rising global temperatures and their impacts can make it feel like the world is ending.
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In landmark opinion, UN court says climate change an ‘existential threat’
ICJ Judge Yuji Iwasawa says greenhouse emissions are ‘unequivocally caused by human activities’ as he delivers opinion.
UN court rules countries must treat climate change as an 'existential threat'
The UN's top court on Wednesday ruled climate change an "existential problem of planetary proportions" and said countries had ...
UN's highest court says climate change is an 'existential threat'
THE HAGUE, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat ...
Countries must address climate change threat, U.N.'s highest court says
The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...
World court’s “advisory opinion”: States obliged to prevent climate change harm
In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...
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Thousands of animal species face extinction from climate change
A global study finds over 3,500 animal species already threatened by climate change, with invertebrates and marine life most ...
World Court says climate change is an 'existential threat'
The World Court calls climate change an 'urgent and existential threat' in a landmark opinion:: The Hague, Netherlands:::: ...
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ICJ says climate change an ‘existential threat’, states legally bound to act
States must take necessary steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, halt fossil fuel expansion and provide reparations to ...
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Landmark Ruling By World Court Declares Climate Change As Existential Threat
NEW DELHI – In a ground-breaking climate ruling, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the prime judicial organ of the ...
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Hanes: Can courts save us from the existential threat of climate change?
The wheels of justice turn slowly, even as the planet burns, but a new International Court of Justice ruling offers hope.
World Court climate opinion turns up the legal heat on governments
A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...