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UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law
Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...
World Court Climate Change Opinion Validates Trump’s Paris Agreement Concerns
The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...
The ICJ Rules That Failing to Combat Climate Change Could Violate International Law
In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an ...
Sustainable Finance Newsletter - Who is responsible for climate change?
A decade since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, two big outstanding questions have delayed action: Who is responsible ...
Sustainable Switch: World Court tells countries they must address climate change
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Companies Are Starting To Get The Big Picture On Climate Action
The first is that addressing climate change needs to be viewed through a strategic lens rather than as an altruistic act or ...
ICJ rules nations legally obligated to fight climate change
The U.N.'s top court was due to set out a non-binding legal opinion on the extent of legal and financial responsibility ...
Countries Have Legal Duty to Tackle Climate Change Says ICJ
Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.
ICJ Landmark Climate Opinion Declares Legal Obligation To Protect Current and Future Generations
Nations must protect current and future generations from environmental harm, says the International Court of Justice.
Historic ruling finds climate change 'imperils all forms of life' and puts laggard nations on notice
Climate change "imperils all forms of life" and countries must tackle the problem or face consequences under international ...
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 posed by climate change" as it started to read out an opinion on the legal ...