Halfway through marathon climate change hearings at the world's top court, battle lines are being drawn between wealthy and ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore on Wednesday (Dec 11) called for greater clarity on international legal frameworks regarding climate ...

The campaign to bring the case to the ICJ was initiated in 2019 by 27 law students at the University of the South Pacific in ...

Nations on the front line of the climate crisis are asking the International Court of Justice to obligate big polluters to ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN), commenced hearings on the ...

Subsequently, in March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly requested the ICJ to issue an advisory opinion on States’ legal obligations in relation to climate change. Ninety-one States have since ...

The United Nations' top court will consider if the world’s largest carbon-emitting nations should pay reparations to smaller, ...

Over the next two weeks, over 100 countries and international organizations will participate in hearings at the International ...

Representatives for the island nation of Vanuatu called on the International Court of Justice this week to recognize the harm ...

"Climate change has shattered our lives. It's stolen our livelihoods, our food, and our peace. Our waters are poisoned, our ...

The UN’s court will soon clarify nations’ legal responsibility to avert the human rights impacts of climate catastrophe.

Pakistan has outlined the “apocalyptic” impacts of climate change on its population and economy, highlighting the 2022 floods ...