The announcements reflect deep frustrations with Israel’s conduct in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank, experts say.

A landmark opinion delivered by the United Nations' highest court last week that governments must protect the climate is ...

The World Court said countries' national climate plans must be "stringent" and aligned to the Paris Agreement aim to limit ...

The Trump administration said on Tuesday it will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger ...

The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in ...

On July, 26, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its long-awaited Advisory Opinion on the legal obligations of States in relation to climate change.

An opinion by the World Court finds new legal requirements in the Paris Agreement, raising legal questions about the U.S.

The world's wealthiest nations have a legal obligation to reduce heat-trapping pollution and will have to pay up if they do ...

The International Court of Justice has issued a landmark opinion reinforcing governments' duty to combat climate change, ...

On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion on States’ climate change ...

A new ruling from the World Court provides climate activists new tools for demanding accountability. On July 23, in a stunning 140 page advisory opinion, (ICJ, or World Court) held for the first time ...

With the world’s top court declaring that countries have binding legal obligations to protect the climate, climate justice is no longer just a moral demand— it is now a matter of international law ...