The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.

The United Nations’ top court has issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change. The International Court of Justice’s 15 judges considered for the first time what the court’s president calls “a

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 obligations of states to take action.