The highest court of the United Nations rules that greenhouse gas emissions are "unequivocally caused by human activities" and "without territorial limits". The International Court of Justice in The ...

The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, handed down an advisory opinion on 23 July 2025 stating that climate change “imperils all forms of life”. This followed a case brought by ...

The court president judge Yuji Iwasawa said during last week’s ruling that countries’ failure to take appropriate action to ...

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

After a “landmark” ruling from the International Court of Justice, journalists can expect more lawsuits against fossil fuel ...

Severe weather and natural disasters, are on the rise. This week, the top United Nations court ruled that countries are ...

Judges with the U.N.’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a ...

The opinion by the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, was immediately welcomed by environmental ...

The opinion of the International Court of Justice is seen by some as a turning point in international climate law, with ...

The Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI) affirms the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) historic advisory opinion ...

The ICJ has delivered a “milestone moment for climate justice.” But does it go far enough?

Last week’s advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is a gamechanger in the long-running global ...