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

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

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

The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and ...

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

In the largest case in its history, the International Court of Justice last week ruled, in a non-binding opinion, that ...

Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of the UN General Assembly, pronounced solemnly on climate change. Every state, they ...

The ICJ concluded that states have explicit legal duties to safeguard the climate system against anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...

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 ...

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

The Trump EPA plans to reverse the 2009 endangerment finding that labels CO2 a pollutant, threatening US climate regulations. Using a legal argument to dodge scientific consensus, the move could ...