On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave an advisory opinion on the obligation of states to protect the ...

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

Among the key points in the ICJ ruling is that countries have binding legal obligations under the United Nations (UN) climate ...

This calls for both introspection and retrospection at personal, communal and government levels. This should pave the way for ...

A historic climate ruling by the world’s highest court could make it legally riskier for fossil fuel companies to do business ...

The ICJ issued an opinion on climate change that stated the obligations of the Paris Agreement come with legal liability. A ...

According to the ICJ, it is the responsibility of the states to protect the earth’s climate systems and environment from ...

If an international court told the Western world to jump off a cliff, would we do it? We may be about to find out. The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ruled on Wednesday that ...

The world’s top court may not be able to compel polluting states to halt planet-warming emissions, but experts say its ...

In flood-hit communities across the Philippines, the scenes have become painfully familiar: soaked belongings, makeshift soup kitchens, and volunteers doing their best to help neighbors survive yet ...

Something good happened in The Hague this week. It came with a momentum worth keeping in the fight for climate justice ...