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 ...

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

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

Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States to protect the ...

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

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the climate system and the environment from manmade emissions of greenhouse ...

In the court hearings, youth activists representing vulnerable communities from frontline states in the Pacific and the ...

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

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